Network effects – at this point even some schools and newspapers are heavily usi...

Network effects – at this point even some schools and newspapers are heavily using WhatsApp – make that impossible.

Which means either WhatsApp is replaced by something else, or it becomes as regulated as any governmental media.

EDIT: A bank already replaced most of their support channels with a WhatsApp chat.

It IS a utility at that point.

Also, employers and travel authorities who view the lack of a Facebook accountant as suspicious.