UMark Zuckerberg wayenganele ngokuba neFacebook, kanti eminyakeni eyisithupha eyedlule wathenga noWhatsApp. Kuqale kwafika amahlebezi okuthi ufuna ukuhlanganisa amapulatifomu womabili futhi ngaleyo ndlela ukhulise i-Facebook Messenger yakho ngokunikela abasebenzisi bohlelo lokusebenza oluhlaza.
Iminyaka iyahamba kanti lezi zicelo ezimbili zihlala zizimele ngokuphelele. Ingxenye yengxoxo kaFacebook imile kahle, kuyilapho i-WhatsApp isempilweni enhle futhi iya ngamandla. I-Facebook ibilokhu ikhangisa kusukela cishe ekuqaleni kwayo, ilethela inkampani inzuzo enkulu. Amahlebezi akamuva aphakamisa ukuthi iWhatsApp nayo izoqala ukufaka ukukhangisa. Kubonakala sengathi bahlehlile.
Impikiswano Uhlelo lukaFacebook lokufaka ukukhangisa kuWhatsApp kubukeka sengathi belupakwe emseleni, ngokusho kombiko okhishwe namhlanje The Wall Street Journal. Lo mbhalo uthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule iqembu lochwepheshe be-Facebook ababenomgomo wokuthola izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokuhlanganisa izikhangiso kuhlelo lokusebenza lwemiyalezo olusetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni seluchithakele. Lezi zivivinyo zisusiwe kwikhodi ye-WhatsApp.
Abasunguli be-WhatsApp uJan Koum noBrian Acton abakaze bafune "ukuthengisa ngomzimba" uhlelo lwabo abaluthandayo ngezikhangiso, kangangokuba Ngaphambi kokuyithengisa kuFacebook, bashintshe imigomo yesevisi kaWhatsApp ukuvimbela ngokusobala izikhangiso ukuthi zingaboniswa ngaphakathi kohlelo lokusebenza. I-Bravo yeKoum ne-Acton.
Ngokusobala, I-Facebook isivele iguqule imigomo yesevisi yesikhulumiKepha ukwethulwa kokukhangisa bekuzodinga isaziso esisemthethweni kubasebenzisi. Yilapho uZuckerberg esaba khona intukuthelo evela kulezi, kanye nokundiza okungenzeka kuye kwamanye amapulatifomu wokuthumela imiyalezo njengeTelegram, ngokwesibonelo.
Kuyacaca ukuthi umane nje upake imoto emseleni, akayilahlile. Ukubheka ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza lumahhala, lunabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.500, ufuna indlela yokusebenzisa leli thuba ngokugcwele. UMark, empeleni, akasona isiphukuphuku. Isikhathi nesikhathi.
