It may not be popular in the US, but it’s the most common messenger in many other countries. Here in Germany, it’s basically the standard way of communication, even ahead of SMS. It reached a billion active users in february.

Not even remotely true. If you have a Facebook account already, Facebook already uses all the data from there to customize your ads. All this new change does, is let them also you the data they have from Whatsapp about you for the same purpose.

The reason you can beat them is not because your Pokemon counter them, it’s just that the offensive is always at an advantage. You can generally attack a lot quicker than the defending Pokemon and as a result, you should be able to win most fights against Pokemon 200-300CP above you. Trying to counter by going for…