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Maybe it's just in my circles like this, but I think these days chat itself is no service anymore. You need to integrate it into something else, like social net
by erikb 15y ago
Maybe it's just in my circles like this, but I think these days chat itself is no service anymore. You need to integrate it into something else, like social networks, gtalk, skype (chat+telephone), "webcam-services". 10 years ago Grove might've been awesome, but now it feels like something is missing, because I can chat everywhere else contextrelated anyway.
Look how meebo developed over the last years. First it integrated web and traditional chat media like ICQ, MSN and then they already moved on to integrate their chat services into other peoples web-businessmodels as a b2b service.
- maximusprime 15y agoMeebo also took $ SEVENTY million in funding. When you take that sort of investment, the rules of the game change a lot I think. It's no longer sufficient to make a few million profit a month.
- erikb 15y agoYou are right, there is a possible niche that is probably profitable. Thus the businessmodel might be valid, even if they have no chance of hitting any main stream markets (with the businessmodel they have right now).
- state_machine 15y ago> chat itself is no service anymore And yet lots of shops pay 37signals for Campfire