After the purchase of WhatsApp and Instagram Facebook chief Zuckerberg to secured the services of autonomy. That could change now. According to media reports, the chat services will be integrated, with far-reaching consequences.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to want to run WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger together. The users of the three so far independent programs to be able to communicate directly with each other. This is the “New York Times”, which was informed by four members of the group reported. It is assumed that there are within the company about the dispute. Thus, several employees have left because of the internal announcement of sugar mountain, the company, or have this announced.
The realignment would allow messages between the Chat applications work together – so, for example, from Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp. In addition, to enable all three of the Apps for encrypted communication.
According to information from the “New York Times” several Thousand Employees to implement the Changes, to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. The unification would be very time-consuming, because the function needs to be fundamentally re-programmed.
What motivates Zuckerberg?
The IT group confirmed the plans only indirectly. You always work on improving the chat functionality and the Expansion of the encryption options.
suspects in The New York Times that Zuckerberg is higher hoped-for advertising revenues by allowing users to stay longer in programs of the company linger. A longer dwell time could, in turn, are used to allow more personalized ads.
The IT company has not yet expressed an opinion as to whether the Integration also Changes to the privacy policy. The data scandal Cambridge Analytica had given Facebook in the past year, a serious crisis. Since the US presidential elections in 2016, the Social network is increasingly becoming the focus of criticism because it was easy to spread over the platform for political Propaganda and lies.
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