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Android is a chat app? iMessage is nice but has far far fewer users than WhatsApp, WeChat, etc.

• hnfong 4y ago
  GP 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 ago
    It’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 ago
      Yeah 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.