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Ask HN: Snapchat, the harbringer of the bubble?
From their App description:
"Snap a photo or a video, add a caption, and send it to a friend (or maybe a few). They'll view it, laugh, and then the snap disappears from the screen - unless your friend takes a screenshot!"
So default functionality can essentially invalidate their entire angle in the texting game. The only way this has an 800M valuation is if it is acquired, which is pure speculation. This isn't even vaporware its bluffware.
- apawloski 13y agoHow many users does it have?
- mattmanser 13y agoIt will actually tell you if your friend takes a screenshot. I'm not sure why you think it's bluffware, they've obviously identified a major market for transient internet communications. Yes, the tech's not perfect yet, but they've hit a nerve and have a lot of users.
- theklub 13y agoI agree that there is a huge market for this functionality. But it seems less like a business and more just a feature of the phone or something that should exist by default.