Did WeChat copy Line?
I would hate to be born a Chinese with a reputation for... We don't even have to talk about it. It's so lame already. Effing noobs...
While the world picked its jaw from the floor after Facebook decided to fork out $US19 billion for WhatsApp, operators of other messaging services probably broke into huge grins. And the grinners were probably in Asia, where several local players have been quietly amassing loyal user bases that look like they could rival …
It's not even guaranteed that another FB will come in messaging business. The business has so much competition now that no one can dominate.
The nearest messaging success could be a robotic company with a machine which keeps chatting with you while impersonating your best pal (or fantasy) and likes all your talks. Oops! There goes my trillion dollars :)