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Writing a messaging app is a fool's errand. You either build a chat app with someone elses money, invest in all chat apps (1/n) and hope you score a big one - e
by unicornmama 4y ago
Writing a messaging app is a fool's errand. You either build a chat app with someone elses money, invest in all chat apps (1/n) and hope you score a big one - e.g. like textbook publisher, or you wait and M&A the successful ones.
The barrier to entry to write a chat app is zero. Even if you are brilliant you will compete against hundreds other chat apps one of which will beat out with pure luck. Never compete against luck.
- hot_gril 4y agoGoogle has Android, which is a lot better than luck. Apple made iMessage popular just by putting it on every phone. Google did that too, but they did it wrong.
- unicornmama 4y agoAndroid is a chat app? iMessage is nice but has far far fewer users than WhatsApp, WeChat, etc.
- hnfong 4y agoGP means Google had a platform so they had leverage to push a chat app. They had something that is better than just "luck".
- unicornmama 4y agoIt’s not an overwhelming advantage. Also the problem isn’t having luck, individuals only have luck in hindsight, it’s competing against luck.
- hot_gril 4y agoYeah so you compete against luck by leveraging your prior dominance in mobile OSes with a committed iMessage-like approach, instead of waiting for two former Yahoo! employees to eat your lunch then launching several competing apps that you kill off later.