3 ms·
That doesn’t count all of the iOS people that also use Signal. I use Signal and Apple Messages and didn’t even know Allo existed. I have a perhaps irrational fe
by briandear 8y ago
That doesn’t count all of the iOS people that also use Signal. I use Signal and Apple Messages and didn’t even know Allo existed. I have a perhaps irrational fear of using messaging from Google or Facebook because they have lost my trust.
Why would anyone invest in a Google messaging system when Google is prone to kill it off randomly?
- Eridrus 8y agoWhy do people ever switch chat apps? Besides shutdowns, it's because the new app does something the old one doesn't. Signal's pitch was easy encrypted messaging, but now there are apps that fill that slot, even Facebook Messenger has e2e encrypted chat, so there's not a lot of reason for Google to invest there. Google Duo has succeeded as an app known for making video calls, which is as much a marketing/positioning achievement as it is a technical one. There are lots of people declaring they will use a Google product in this thread, but of course no one is going to use a nonexistent product that people imagine as a clone of what already exists. Unless Google finds an "in", they're not going to get anywhere, even with whatever perfect app HN imagines.
- wpietri 8y ago> Why would anyone invest in a Google messaging system when Google is prone to kill it off randomly? This is definitely where I'm at. I presume this is all about internal warring fiefdoms, because from the outside it makes no sense.