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Re:Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook by BurningFrog on Monday April 30, 2018 @09:52PM (#16964068)
If FB pays $19B for every messenger competitor that gets traction, that's a huge incentive to make more of them.
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Re:Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook by ksaxena on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:32AM (#16964606)
There are network effects at play; so once a messenger has locked-in most users, it's extremely hard for newcomers to gain sustainable traction.
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Re:Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:00AM (#16964511)
yeah but now you have to compete with WhatsApp to get that traction, so maybe a hard slog.
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Re:Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook by sjclemmy on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:23AM (#16965161)
And if FB shut down WhatsApp, users will be looking to go elsewhere, and probably not FB Messenger.
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