A little offtopic here. I actually was thinking of creating a messaging app (serious) It is quite easy to build the app for any company or individual in India . India's own messenger will quite be popularised. But the catch lies afterwards. Handling the data. Setting up data centers in India is not simple. Renting a space or using AWS or
Google Cloud is not ideal for Data privacy. And financing in a way is another hell of a job . where it does not collect data and then showing random ads in a way that it does not hinder the messaging experience for anyone . That is why Whatsapp still rules in India(they collect data but do not show ads)
Brazil and India are the top users of Whatsapp . Many people in USA still use text messaging through their carriers
Do share some innovative finance models if you have