I-WhatsApp sele ikumazwe amaninzi, ekuphela kwesixhobo sokunxibelelana. Iqonga lokuthumela imiyalezo ebelisezandleni zikaFacebook kangangeminyaka embalwa, kancinci kancinci, liye laba lelona qonga lisetyenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni elinabasebenzisi abangaphezulu kwewaka lesigidi ngenyanga, ngokwamanani ayinike inkampani embindini kunyaka ophelileyo. Ukufika kolu hlobo lwesicelo kuthetha ukuphela kwentlawulo eyongezelelweyo efunyanwa ngabasebenzisi beefowuni ngexesha leKrisimesi apho sonke besithumela iSMS ukuvuyisana nabahlobo kunye nosapho kulo nyaka mtsha.
Ngomnye unyaka omnye, iqonga elisetyenziswa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi ukunxibelelana nokuvuyisana nabantu ababaziyo kuNyaka oMtsha ibiyi-WhatsApp, kulo nyaka iphinde yabetha irekhodi labo langaphambili. Ngokwamanani inkampani ebisandula ukubhengeza, ngeyure zokugqibela zonyaka ophelileyo nakwiiyure zokuqala zika-2017, Abasebenzisi bathumele ngaphezulu nje kwemiyalezo engama-63.000 yezigidi. Kodwa abathumelanga kuphela imiyalezo ebhaliweyo ukuvuyisana nonyaka, kodwa nangaphezulu kwesigidi esinye sabasebenzisi basebenzise imifanekiso kunye neevidiyo, beqhubeka nokuthumela imifanekiso ezizigidi ezingama-8.000 kunye neevidiyo ezingama-2.4 billion.
Ku-Epreli ophelileyo, Eminye imiyalezo engaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-60.000 yathunyelwa nge-WhatsApp kunye ne-Facebook Messenger kunye, ke ezi ngxelo ziswelekile ngebhitumene ukuba siyazithelekisa nezo zinikezelwa yinkampani. Ngokukodwa, ndisakhetha isicelo seTelegram ngenxa yenani elikhulu lokukhetha esinika lona xa kuthelekiswa ne-WhatsApp, kunye ne-multiplatform, esivumela ukuba sibambe iingxoxo zethu nge-PC yethu, iMac, ithebhulethi, okanye i-smartphone ngaphandle kokuba incamathele kuyo yonke into .emzuzu kwiselfowuni. Lithini iqonga lakho lomyalezo olithandayo?