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Relative to LINE/WhatsApp/Messenger/WeChat/Hangouts -- does anyone use SMS? If big G really thinks it's going to "replace SMS" ( and they can leverage their pl
by dosycorp 8y ago
Relative to LINE/WhatsApp/Messenger/WeChat/Hangouts -- does anyone use SMS?
If big G really thinks it's going to "replace SMS" ( and they can leverage their platform to roll it out / lock in ) then good luck to them, maybe they can replace SMS.
But so what?
SMS was not the killer messaging app.
Those things are elsewhere.
Why does big G have an aversion to big acquisitions?
FB buys WhatsApp & IG -- Great moves
MS has made some big purchases
But the big G seems to purchase, but only for small dollar amounts (relatively). Same with Apple.
Even tho these two corps have (don't they?) big loads of cash.
I think it's technical arrogance. Big G and Apple are used to being revered as King S&&t of their tech.
So they think they can build it themselves. Ahahaha, sure, you can BUILD it...but can you get product/market fit to where it matters as a replacement?
I feel sorry for them. I think Big G and Apple obviously do great, but couldn't they do better to just narrow their focus. Even tho FB is f^&&d up in a lot of ways, one thing to really admire about their business is their narrow narrow focus. Even Oculus makes sense because Zuck sees a "Ready Player 1" world as the future ( with him as God Emperor, of course..heh ).
- Waterluvian 8y agoIn high school I hated having ICQ and MSN and AIM because friends opted to use different ones. SMS is great because it connects you to anyone with a phone. And that's why I like apps like signal that will fallback to SMS but make it trivial to use the secure protocol if it happens that the person you're talking to also uses signal.
- JustSomeNobody 8y ago> Relative to LINE/WhatsApp/Messenger/WeChat/Hangouts -- does anyone use SMS? Absolutely. Why? Because I simply do not want to install 7 different chat apps.
- arbitrage 8y ago> SMS was not the killer messaging app. You're nuts, and obviously lacking the context of this history of SMS development and use.
- dosycorp 8y agoYeah I guess so. What do I know.
- Eridrus 8y ago> Why does big G have an aversion to big acquisitions? This is Nonsense, Google acquired Motorola Mobility, Nest, DoubleClick, YouTube, Waze, DeepMind and lastly the HTC phone division. This is more true of Apple, but they did buy Beats for 3bn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...
- dosycorp 8y agoSure ok. I don't know. Just making stuff up.