Define terrible. Oh, I’ll grant you the UI of these clients can be terrible. Facebook Messenger takes a shocking amount of resources. But what’s the job to be

Define terrible. Oh, I’ll grant you the UI of these clients can be terrible. Facebook Messenger takes a shocking amount of resources. But what’s the job to be done for most people? Chatting with friends. FB Messenger has the network effect built in. You can just message your friends. And send them goofy stickers. What will get people to transition to an encrypted messenger where they have to duplicate their social network? Privacy? Yeah, OK, I am definitely going to get a friend to download a new app, create a new account, and go through whatever dance is necessary for encryption to ask if we want Mexican or Thai for dinner.