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Users cannot simply migrate to a competing service, the concept does not apply to messaging or social media, as you have to successfully convince everyone else
by ClassyJacket 4y ago
Users cannot simply migrate to a competing service, the concept does not apply to messaging or social media, as you have to successfully convince everyone else on planet earth to move with you.
- anonymousiam 4y agoMaybe it should apply. SMS works on any carrier. Why not have an open framework that allows messaging between platforms? The reason: Because walled gardens are more profitable.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 4y agoThe Digital Markets Act (DMA) is coming to Europe and with it enforced interoperability of messaging software. Hopefully for 2023/2024. I'm curious to see whether companies will have the gall to implement different behaviours for European consumers and the rest of the world.
- GWBullshit 4y agoCompanies implement different behaviors in different markets within the same state within the US; I think you may be giving major corporations too much credit if you suspect that deep down inside they're driven by trivial concerns like shame or genuine concern for customer opinion.
- GWBullshit 4y agoAnd to think in the Golden Era of the web people scoffed at those who clung on to AOL ... and now look where we are.