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its a very Microsoft thing to do to name a Microsoft product built on (aka extending) a Google product after a different unrelated Google Product. If my friend
by basch 7y ago
its a very Microsoft thing to do to name a Microsoft product built on (aka extending) a Google product after a different unrelated Google Product.
If my friend has a Microsoft Surface Duo and I say "open your Duo" do I mean to unfold the phone, or open the google video calling app?
- lostmsu 7y agoSomebody is actually using Duo the chat outside Google?
- Marsymars 7y agoI recently started using it. It's nice because it comes with E2E encryption and is usable on desktop. Alternatives all have various limitations: Skype (no E2E encryption), Signal (no calls on PCs), iMessage (only usable for Apple users), Wire (requires additional program installation and account creation).
- pthatcherg 7y agoI haven't used the desktop Signal app, but there appears to be one: https://signal.org/download/ https://signal.org/download/
- Marsymars 7y agoYes, Signal and WhatsApp both have desktop apps, but they're only for text chat, neither do voice calls like their mobile counterparts.
- libso 7y ago# of users of Duo calling app is small and tending to zero. It is laughable to think that MS would name it Duo for this negligible benefit.
- basch 7y agoI didn't mean it as a benefit, more an ineptitude. They always name things with names already in use