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The hold Line has over Japan, and KakaoTalk over Korea, is pretty concerning to me. Entire countries are now off-limits to open platforms again -- a system that
by sho_hn 12y ago
The hold Line has over Japan, and KakaoTalk over Korea, is pretty concerning to me. Entire countries are now off-limits to open platforms again -- a system that doesn't woo the host companies into writing a client for it is legitimately not useful for anyone there who has a social life (or increasingly even social responsibilities, like getting notifications from their school).
- mistermann 12y agoThen again, it's perhaps nice to have even a little bit of diversity between countries.
- noisy_boy 12y agoLine has a huge stronghold in Thailand as well. Not so much in Singapore where Whatsapp is more popular (based on personal experience). Whatsapp is absolute leader in India as well.
- TorKlingberg 12y agoAre the chat apps that are popular in the west any more open than the Japanese and Korean ones? Would making Facebook (incl. Whatsapp & Instagram) more dominant help open platforms?