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It is a shame in the sense that it makes this tiny market even smaller. In fact the video-messenger market is now so small Skype and Google+ Hangouts are really
by UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
It is a shame in the sense that it makes this tiny market even smaller. In fact the video-messenger market is now so small Skype and Google+ Hangouts are really the only viable competition (in the consumer space). I guess we also have FaceTime but Apple has made that Mac/iOS only which really limits its viability.
Kind of scares me considering how much I depend on this technology and how often Skype seems to break/fail/have issues. Also don't look forward to being forced to "merge" my Skype account into a Windows Account.
I honestly don't understand why this market isn't competitive? Is it patents on the streaming technology? Is it just how unreliable web-cameras are? Is it the cost of deploying the infrastructure?
- mtgx 14y agoI think a lot of people use Yahoo Messenger for video-calls, but that number may be waning. I wouldn't worry too much about it. I think WebRTC will disrupt all proprietary video-calling products, or at the very least it will force them all to work through WebRTC and be inter-operable, which would still be a major win for users. I expect Microsoft to be the very last one to adopt it, though. They probably won't even support it in IE until IE11 next year, at least.
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoSadly there's a good chance that Apple will put up a strong fight to be the last to support it.
- potatolicious 14y ago> "I honestly don't understand why this market isn't competitive?" You mentioned Skype, Google+ Hangouts, and FaceTime - none of which you have to pay for. This seems to suggest why there aren't more players on the field.