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I'm saying this isn't needed and serious innovation. It's a popularity and standards game. We definitely didn't use carrier pigeons before Whatsapp. IM clients

by psbp 13y ago

I'm saying this isn't needed and serious innovation. It's a popularity and standards game. We definitely didn't use carrier pigeons before Whatsapp. IM clients have been ubiquitous for years.

KaoruAoiShiho 13y ago
On desktop, not on mobile. This is the first big mobile IM service and the network effects are tremendous. Every other IM service is crappy (Skype) or late (Voxer) or crappy and late (Hangouts).