How WhatsApp ate the world

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How WhatsApp ate the world

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WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.

WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.

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On the flip side, I get shocked every time I meet an American tourist and they don’t have WhatsApp

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