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> The new mobile app-centric order hasn’t been a problem for Instagram, WhatsApp, Vine, Secret, or dozens of other new companies. I don't know what Secret is,
by Touche 13y ago
> The new mobile app-centric order hasn’t been a problem for Instagram, WhatsApp, Vine, Secret, or dozens of other new companies.
I don't know what Secret is, but Instagram, WhatsApp, and Vine aren't companies. They are divisions within Facebook and Twitter.
In fact, we should question why there are no big companies that have risen from the app-world that come close to the web's most successful companies: Amazon, Google, Facebook, even Yahoo.
That should tell you something that all of the app companies wind up being bought by web companies.
- leemcalilly 13y agoI think the idea is that Instagram, WhatsApp & Secret grew to be huge before they were acquired. These are great examples of indie apps taking off within the context of the app store. Most people also don't know that vine is related to Twitter.
- atonse 13y agoHuh? Every single one of those (Instagram, WhatsApp, Vine) started as startups with 1-2 employees before they were acquired by Facebook/Twitter.
- Touche 13y agoMy point is that they were acquired, they didn't go on to IPO and become large companies themselves. There are no examples, to my knowledge, of companies based around an app that do the kind of revenue that the large web companies do.
- atonse 13y agoI see... I don't know about IPOs but companies like Rovio (Angry Birds) have reached household name status. (Not the name "Rovio" but Angry Birds rather).