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> Why would I want to play a game in Snapchat when I have a nearly unlimited selection of games in the app store? I agree with you for that specific case: Snap
by MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
> Why would I want to play a game in Snapchat when I have a nearly unlimited selection of games in the app store?
I agree with you for that specific case: Snapchat games. But for a lot of other things, like payments (as Elon himself discussed doing) I appreciate some degree of convergence. Google has already done this sort of thing to a large degree and it's one of the reasons I like using their products. The reason it's desirable is convenience: using one UI and one login can be a pleasant experience.
Twitter has a long way to go though. I dislike their UI and my recent attempts to log in to their Android app resulted in me just deleting the app and using their web UI instead.
- bryananderson 3y agoThe payments thing is nonsense. Why would anyone want to use Twitter for payments when they could use a ton of existing options that work fine? Remember, Snapchat tried payments too. And that at least sort of made sense, since people already message their friends on Snapchat, and sending payments to friends is a common use-case. But Twitter? He’s throwing stuff at the wall and hoping something sticks. Blue check subscriptions were a bust, so now he’ll try hiring someone to woo advertisers back. If that doesn’t work I guess he’ll try payments or something.
- hiatus 3y agoPayments makes sense. It facilitates audience monetization. Instead of people going to patreon they can send payments on twitter.
- bryananderson 3y agoIf all they want to do is supplant Patreon, fine, maybe they can? But Patreon’s valuation seems to be 1-2B. That doesn’t move the needle and is anyway far less ambitious than the stated “everything app” goal for payments.