I think you're letting your weird anti-Americanism colour (color?) your thoughts.
For instance:
- I'm not American
- Americans don't need Whatsapp because almost all of them have enough money to just buy iPhones
- Africans indeed do perform many tasks on their phones now, a phenomenon called leapfrogging. It's a big boon for them. I don't really get why you think that is better than the setup in the USA though. Africans are looking up agricultural market prices and paying one another by text; Americans have a totally different technological setup and get a far more efficient solution with futures markets for farmers and Costco / Walmart for consumers.
- America has new tech inventions and new big internet businesses coming out of its ears; not sure how you think they've fallen behind somehow.
- None of this is pertinent to Meta's long-term success; you can build a trillion-dollar business that will last for decades to come just based on American baby boomers bragging about their grandkids
For instance:
- I'm not American
- Americans don't need Whatsapp because almost all of them have enough money to just buy iPhones
- Africans indeed do perform many tasks on their phones now, a phenomenon called leapfrogging. It's a big boon for them. I don't really get why you think that is better than the setup in the USA though. Africans are looking up agricultural market prices and paying one another by text; Americans have a totally different technological setup and get a far more efficient solution with futures markets for farmers and Costco / Walmart for consumers.
- America has new tech inventions and new big internet businesses coming out of its ears; not sure how you think they've fallen behind somehow.
- None of this is pertinent to Meta's long-term success; you can build a trillion-dollar business that will last for decades to come just based on American baby boomers bragging about their grandkids