Telegram delivers 12B messages a day, CEO Pavel Durov says WhatsApp sucks
SAN FRANCISCO — Telegram is now delivering 12 billion messages a day through its chat service, according to its founder Pavel Durov. This announcement of a 2 billion increase from August comes with a shot against the market leader WhatsApp, which Durov said “sucks.”
サンフランシスコ Telegramは、チャットサービスを通したメッセージ送信数が現在1日に120億に上ると、同アプリ設立者であるPavel Durov氏は発表した。8月からの20億増となるこの発表は、マーケットリーダーであるWhatsAppへの打撃を伴うが、Durov氏のWhatsAppに対する評価は”最低”であるという。
At the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Durov derided the Facebook-owned chat service, saying that its walled garden doesn’t let users keep their messages across whatever device they’re using. “If you have WhatsApp and your phone goes down, you don’t have access to your messages,” he said. “You can’t send documents and it’s not private. I’m not sure if I’m a big fan of WhatsApp three years ago, and not so sure now.”
WhatsApp has over 900 million monthly active users so it’s the industry’s top dog, but Durov isn’t hung up on the whole “releasing numbers” issue. The company last reported in May that it has over 62 million MAUs.
WhatsAppには9億人以上の月間アクティブユーザーがおり、その数字は業界トップであるが、ドゥーロフ氏は全リリース数に執着していない。Telegramは5月の月間アクティブユーザーは6200万人だと報告している。
WhatsAppは9億の月間アクティブユーザ(MAU)を抱える業界最大手であるが、Durov氏は"公表数"論争には執着しない。同社5月の最新発表では、MAUが6200万を超えると明らかにしている。
Durov also disclosed that one of the things that could be coming soon is a payments API, which would certainly help put the messaging service on par with the likes of Facebook Messenger. He said that Telegram probably won’t build the payments product itself, but would instead partner with third-party providers.
On the issue of privacy, which seems to be a major selling point for Telegram, Durov was asked about if there’s exceptions to the rule. Specifically, he acknowledged that ISIS is using the service, so does it keep him up at night knowing that terrorists use it? “That’s a good question,” he started. “Privacy is ultimately more important than our fear of bad things happening, like terrorism. If you look at ISIS, yes, there’s a war going on in the Middle East. Ultimately, ISIS will find a way to communicate with its cells, and if any means doesn’t feel secure to them, they’ll [find something else]. We shouldn’t feel guilty about it. We’re still doing the right thing, protecting our users’ privacy.”
A two-year-old company, Telegram hasn’t taken any money from outside investors. The company appears to be bootstrapped through money derived from Durov’s sale of his shares in the Russian social network Vkontakte. He declined to tell how much money he garnered from the sale, although it’s reported that his stake was worth $300 million.
Would he ever take outside investment for Telegram? Doubtful, as Durov said the company likes being independent and has enough money to go on for a while.
彼はTelegramに対して外部の投資を受け取ることがあるのだろうか?当社は独立しているのが気に入っている上に、しばらく進み続ける十分な資金はあるとDuruovが語ったように、それは疑わしい。
今後Durov氏がTelegramへの外部投資を受け入れる可能性はあるだろうか?それは疑わしい。というのも、同社は自立状態を好んでおり、しばらくは運営に困らないだけの資金を有しているからということだ。
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