Except it's a matter of record that Zuckerberg is intent on undoing e2ee in whatsapp, and increasing ads[1]. you can't inject ads unless you're scanning the texts. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/whatsapp-fou...
You can provide ads based on metadata alone, no need for message contents.
Ads based on metadata reveal message contents (people, location, time, and potentially message summarization).
>iMessage works because it‘s preinstalled and default. Is this country dependent? It is absolutely on-by-default in the United States.
True. Now that you mention it. I seem to remember having iMessage (the feature) be opt-in in Europe. So the feature is on by default in the US for sure? I guess that somehow negates my earlier post. But I suppose people would notice the green bubbles everywhere and remember to turn it on. Hmm is this a defense against antitrust concerns as well?
iMessage is not opt-in. It's enabled by default even here in the UK. The good thing about it is that it doesn't even require an account, if you just want to use it with a phone number (you need an account if you want to use it with another identity like an email address).