WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years by Emma Roth

Will Cathcart, who led WhatsApp for the past seven years, is stepping down from his role as Meta appoints a new leader. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that Kunal Shah, the founder of an Indian fintech startup called Cred, is taking over as the head of WhatsApp.

I used to use Cred at a time. My account is still there, and I guess it still has access to my Gmail.

The pessimist in me thinks Meta is doing this for the financial data Cred has on Indians.

The other aspect could be Kunal could help monetise WhatsApp somehow? Which would mean WhatsApp moving on from its messaging roots. Messaging could end up being a feature, instead of being the main thing. Which would be sad. WhatsApp used to be good. Not now, of course, but it used to be. I wish more of my circle was on Signal.