Facebook sued by the US FTC, might be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp

10 December 2020
The US Trade Commission and a group of 46 states accuse Facebook of using its dominance to crush smaller rivals.

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Boggy-Stefy, 11 Dec 2020Is the same in Czech Republic, many people use only Messeng... moreYuo wentomanians all use it

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    greenarcher02, 11 Dec 2020Is WhatsApp really that popular? We've only ever used ... moreIs the same in Czech Republic, many people use only Messenger and sometimes Viber.
    Few Whatsapp and even fewer Telegram.
    But for example in Romania, a lot of people use Whatsapp.
    I think depends on the country.
    Imo, I like Telegram more, but if many of the people I know do not use it, then doesn't matter really. You can't text yourself, lol. And you can't force people to like what you like, either.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 11 Dec 2020

      URSC0003, 11 Dec 2020Facebook should be banned, and Whatsapp + Instagram should ... moreYou are mad at someone's success?

        greenarcher02, 11 Dec 2020Is WhatsApp really that popular? We've only ever used ... moreHere in India, no one has heard of any messengers apart from FB's own Messenger and WhatsApp. Telegram recently gained traction as it has the ability to transfer of files up to 1.5 Gigs. The first app being installed by newbies would be whatsapp. It literally buried the competition like Hike, Viber and Signal despite copying a lot of features from them.

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          • 11 Dec 2020

          Well proud user of Viber application whats app i domt care.
          And here in Slovakia we have something simmilar to facebook its called POKEC and it was established 30 years ago for computers and later caame for cell phones.
          But i do believe every single country have one or more apps simmilar to facebook.
          Facebook is not that much important.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 11 Dec 2020

            Chrissie, 11 Dec 2020Telegram is what we switched over too. Whatsapp has changed... moreTelegram is the best app ever

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              • PF5
              • 11 Dec 2020

              Facebook Instagram whatsap important for online shop!!

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                • Chrissie
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                • 11 Dec 2020

                Telegram is what we switched over too. Whatsapp has changed their policies in our country, that "criminal key words" may trigger a defence system setup that sends relevant information to local authorities

                  Muttley, 10 Dec 2020Zuckerburg is a hideous person with a crappy website which ... moreTrue FB is only for old people.... Instagram nothing big happens....

                    TheLastOracle, 10 Dec 2020Wish something similar wad done with Google + youtube + and... moreand Apple

                      Facebook should be banned, and Whatsapp + Instagram should be snatch ed away from Mark Suckerburg.

                        greenarcher02, 11 Dec 2020Is WhatsApp really that popular? We've only ever used ... moreIdk why that's the case in Philippines. WhatsApp is EXTREMELY popular in the whole world. Out of 195 countries, WhatsApp is the leading messaging app in 169 countries, for example India, UK, Singapore. There's only a few exceptions like China (WeChat is basically their version of Whatsapp plus a few more functions), USA (Facebook Messenger takes the first place).

                        For comparison, WhatsApp has over 5 billion downloads on the Play Store, Messenger over 1 billion, and Viber only has over 500 million downloads.

                          greenarcher02, 11 Dec 2020Is WhatsApp really that popular? We've only ever used ... moreThere are many other countries who use WhatsApp a lot. And that gives a strong user base to Facebook.

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                            • 11 Dec 2020

                            This should be unfair of the FTC. As the Facebook defense says, "the deal was confirmed by FTC back in the days".

                              Is WhatsApp really that popular? We've only ever used Viber and occasionally Telegram over here in the Philippines. Nobody I know uses WhatsApp. Of course the most commonly used is Messenger. But that's only among friends. For alternative to texts most people use Viber. Even WeChat is more popular than WhatsApp. Even Discord is gaining more traction over here.

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                                Muttley, 10 Dec 2020Zuckerburg is a hideous person with a crappy website which ... moreNothing will crush facebook because well, this type of social media is not interesting anymore,so nobody would even consider to go against facebook, would be waste of time and money. Just saying.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 11 Dec 2020

                                  This is the same photograph of zuckerberg that you used last time.

                                    Chemist83, 11 Dec 2020Is it me or did facebook make those apps better? WHatsapp u... moreNo , you are wrong, Whatsapp has been free from day1. I have been using it since 2009 and it never charged anything.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      Mediatek sux, 11 Dec 2020Enlighten us then, comrade!For that happen we must return to glorious DGR and USSR times

                                        Is it me or did facebook make those apps better? WHatsapp use to charge until facebook bought it. Instagram got better with facebook.