I have a hard time understanding how WhatsApp could take any market from Line where they dominate, and this is not only because of the stickers, but mostly because the application itself offers an objectively superior experience.
Line feels like an universally available, polished, and wannabe cute version of iMessage, while WhatsApp feels like a clunky and poorly designed app that you're supposed to pay. Moreover, Line has a desktop client, which, even if not as well done as their mobile app, does not have the bloat of Skype.
Where I live, in Japan, people use Line so much that even without a Facebook account, I do not feel disconnected anymore. I know what is going to happen, and my friends have no overhead to reach me.
This said, I would totally understand if it can not reach the US or some European countries, where people would not be attracted by the very Asian cuteness that comes with it.
Line feels like an universally available, polished, and wannabe cute version of iMessage, while WhatsApp feels like a clunky and poorly designed app that you're supposed to pay. Moreover, Line has a desktop client, which, even if not as well done as their mobile app, does not have the bloat of Skype.
Where I live, in Japan, people use Line so much that even without a Facebook account, I do not feel disconnected anymore. I know what is going to happen, and my friends have no overhead to reach me.
This said, I would totally understand if it can not reach the US or some European countries, where people would not be attracted by the very Asian cuteness that comes with it.