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Every part of the world has its own messaging apps. Depending on where you live, it might be WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, LINE, or I’m sure others. In
by klodolph 6y ago
Every part of the world has its own messaging apps. Depending on where you live, it might be WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, LINE, or I’m sure others. In Europe I know for a fact that the popular app varies from country to country. So you could just as easily dismiss LINE as a “purely Japanese phenomenon” but the fact is each app is popular in a certain part of the world.
Because network effects are more important than UX or features.
- harpratap 6y agoSure it does, but cross platform IMs are not so socially discriminating. You can easily download LINE and move on with your life in Japan. But getting iMessage is an economic barrier for many, for which they end up being socially ostraostracized
- paulcarroty 6y ago> But getting iMessage is an economic barrier for many economic barrier to buy ~$100 used iphone on ebay?
- ripdog 6y agoAre you really going to buy, charge, supply with data and carry around a second phone, no matter how cheap, just so you can send blue messages? That attitude is, like many american ideas, really whack.
- paulcarroty 6y agoIf technology X/Y/Z brings me something useful, I prefer to spend some money to get in. Social environment matters too. You can live without iOS/Android, even with Android/macOS VM (heh, I've tried it once) - this is your choice.