> > Presumably Apple has already been in this position for over a year with > iMessage, although it might be more interesting because WhatsApp doesn't > have the political clout >
WhatsApp is politically a lot more complicated because iMessage is not all that popular outside the USA but WhatsApp is. So the countries with the most incentive to access WhatsApp can't get to it. The primary reason is WhatsApp is cross platform. In many countries market share of the iPhone has collapsed e.g. large parts of Europe (Spain, Germany, Italy, France) and Latin America. China/Korea/Japan use other stuff. I believe WhatsApp is dominant elsewhere e.g. middle east. For example I read a scare story the other day about how ISIS commanders use WhatsApp.
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