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This is rich, coming from someone in a country where everyone still uses SMS to chat with their friends and family. Other countries already have far superior m
by shiroiushi 2y ago
This is rich, coming from someone in a country where everyone still uses SMS to chat with their friends and family. Other countries already have far superior messaging apps than whatever America has produced, but Americans refuse to give up their SMS just like they refuse to give up their guns.
- mattnewton 2y agoI’m not sure what this is supposed to prove? There are lots of different messaging apps with very high market share in the US versus a WhatsApp monoculture. A lot of people using SMS are actually using iMessage, and historically one of the reasons it’s won is because US telecoms went to unlimited SMS messaging when competing with each other, whereas foreign monopoly telecoms charged prices per SMS making messaging apps on data more competitive. iMessage is a better experience and also degrades gracefully to sms for people who aren’t on the platform, unlike almost all other messaging apps where I have to make sure they have the app installed. Facebook messenger has like 50% market penetration with its own suite of features. Snapchat is next and offers a very different user experience. Apps without compelling reasons to exist like Google allo lose.
- lupusreal 2y agoEuropeans use Mark Zuckerberg's app and feel superior for it. They can keep it.