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because Asia leap-frogged over old internet protocols in favor of platforms, whereas a lot of Western systems are tied into email, websites and the crawlable/op
by Barrin92 4y ago
because Asia leap-frogged over old internet protocols in favor of platforms, whereas a lot of Western systems are tied into email, websites and the crawlable/open web. Same reason SMS is still popular in the US compared to ip-based chatting everywhere else.
- echelon 4y agoLeap-frogged has the connotation of "progress". Walled gardens and controlled ecosystems are horrible and concentrate power in the gatekeepers. I hope the experience is kludgy and user unfriendly to the point that startups not contained in the straightjackets of other systems continue to win out.
- afiori 4y agoOn the other hand the only ecosystem where SMS work decently is the Apple walled garden that IIUC is not run on actuall SMS technology.