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Because all the big players are trying to own the standard chat/call protocol, so instead we have several non-standard chat/call protocols, so consumers suffer.
by stubish 6y ago
Because all the big players are trying to own the standard chat/call protocol, so instead we have several non-standard chat/call protocols, so consumers suffer. The market is failing to produce the product that consumers want. And I can't see this changing in the current world.
- jojobas 6y agoArguably the consumers don't realize the value of open email vs "everybody's on Gmail". Almost everyone outside of HN/Slashdot is happy with whatever messenger they get from Facebook.
- marcusjt 6y agoThey can't be, deciding which messaging app to use to contact a given person and have a reasonable expectation of getting a reply reasonably quickly, is very much an unsolved problem that everyone suffers from, whether techie or not. And it varies by country & subculture, e.g. over here in the UK almost everyone I know uses WhatsApp as their primary IM, whereas my understanding is that it's much less popular in the USA. And let's not talk about iMessage, the most closed of all IM platforms.