> From a business perspective: what should FB and WhatsApp do?
V e r y simple: stuck to the existing business model.
Or: if they really needed to make it free for consumers: their second idea, free for consumers, charge for business access (api etc). I was actually looking forward to that.
> As an aside: Telegram is not, and never will-be, a secure platform as has been detailed on HN by cryptographic experts when the service first launched.
Neither is twitter. I don't see any of you complain about how tweets are public for the world to see.
Telegram isn't a tool to defeat NSA, it is a tool to send stuff faster than email, with 100% less Facebook.
I can admit though that Telgrams marketing of their encryption has been at least borderline dishones.
> I can admit though that Telgrams marketing of their encryption has been at least borderline dishones.
So, 100% Facebook free with a company that is borderline dishonest in how it communicates about the things we can confirm... Why is that the better devil?
V e r y simple: stuck to the existing business model.
Or: if they really needed to make it free for consumers: their second idea, free for consumers, charge for business access (api etc). I was actually looking forward to that.
> As an aside: Telegram is not, and never will-be, a secure platform as has been detailed on HN by cryptographic experts when the service first launched.
Neither is twitter. I don't see any of you complain about how tweets are public for the world to see.
Telegram isn't a tool to defeat NSA, it is a tool to send stuff faster than email, with 100% less Facebook.
I can admit though that Telgrams marketing of their encryption has been at least borderline dishones.