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Re:How does Chinese tech stack up against American tech? by seanmcdirmid on Monday February 19, 2018 @05:46PM (#16416380)
Wechat supposedly ripped off a lot of features from LINE, but since LINE is a Japanese/Asian thing, most Americans know even less about that than WeChat.
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Re:How does Chinese tech stack up against American tech? by devsafrun on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:31PM (#16426861)
line is from naver (korean company), but apparently no one in korea uses line... (100% kakao)

surprised to see Line everywhere else in asia though (seems initial popularity decides a lot for these messenger apps - or some extremely unique features that can't be copied)

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Re:How does Chinese tech stack up against American tech? by taoistextremist on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @09:49AM (#16429802)
Line was originally Japanese, it was just acquired by a Korean company, explaining the lack of market share in that country. I think Kakao predates pretty much all modern messengers, including Kik, so it's kind of surprising they never reached out of Korea very much.
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