--- title: "1 Like Fax Quotes By Jan Koum" description: "1 Like Fax quotes by Jan Koum. Plus more from Jan Koum and more Like Fax sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/jan-koum-9456_computers_people-have-sms-right-it-stinks-it-s-a-d_831206.png" --- > [People have SMS, right? It stinks. It's a dead technology, like a fax machine left over from the Seventies, sitting there as a cash cow for carriers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/people-have-sms-right-it-stinks-it-s-a-dead-technology-like-a-fax/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/jan-koum-9456_computers_people-have-sms-right-it-stinks-it-s-a-d_831206.png) ## More by Jan Koum > [Clearly, you can't believe everything you read in the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/clearly-you-can-t-believe-everything-you-read-in-the-press/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [A lot of companies are global.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/a-lot-of-companies-are-global/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/whatsapp-s-extremely-high-user-engagement-and-rapid-growth-are-driven/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [I only have one idea, that is WhatsApp, and I am going to continue to focus on that. I have no plans to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/i-only-have-one-idea-that-is-whatsapp-and-i-am-going-to-continue-to/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [A lot of times, people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/a-lot-of-times-people-start-out-with-a-lot-of-good-ideas-but-then/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/facebook-google-apple-yahoo-there-s-a-common-theme-none-of-these/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/no-one-wakes-up-excited-to-see-more-advertising-no-one-goes-to-sleep/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/i-had-so-much-fun-in-early-days-learning-about-networking-security/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [The difficult part for us is adding features without making the product more complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/the-difficult-part-for-us-is-adding-features-without-making-the/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [We continue to grow, and, just like with countries like China or other countries where we are not doing particularly well, we take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/we-continue-to-grow-and-just-like-with-countries-like-china-or-other/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [It's important for people to have freedom to use whatever product they want. We have no problems with other people using other apps, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/it-s-important-for-people-to-have-freedom-to-use-whatever-product/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [We're obsessed with making sure that voice and video work well even on low-end phones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/we-re-obsessed-with-making-sure-that-voice-and-video-work-well-even/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [The F-word here is focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/the-f-word-here-is-focus/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [We're not interested in bombarding our users with, 'Hey, play this game, play this game, play this game.' It gets annoying, it gets in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/we-re-not-interested-in-bombarding-our-users-with-hey-play-this-game/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) > [Everybody I meet who uses 'WhatsApp', I ask them a question: 'How did you hear about it?' And they say, 'My friends, my sister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/everybody-i-meet-who-uses-whatsapp-i-ask-them-a-question-how-did-you/) [Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-fax/jan-koum/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Fax Quotes By Jan Koum", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People have SMS, right? It stinks. 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