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Re:Source: Google Allo will be officially shut down soon by lokedhs on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:24PM (#18614580)
You mean just like how the messaging "strategy" that gave us Allo also created Duo? Because adding just one new messaging application was not enough. They had to split messaging into two.

Is Duo also being shut down?

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Re:Source: Google Allo will be officially shut down soon by solarkraft on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:30PM (#18614612)
Nope, they're fine with its success.

I've never heard of anyone using it after its launch, felt it was very buggy when it launched and the name implying it only supports two users limits it severely ... but they seem to be happy with it.

... or they forgot it exists.

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Re:Source: Google Allo will be officially shut down soon by spiritcat on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:41AM (#18654923)
> felt it was very buggy when it launched

I spent all that time convincing my mom it was just as easy as facetime, and all for nothing after the stream kept cutting out the first time we tried it. Now we just facetime, which is the only reason I have an iPad.

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