Ask HN: Why did WhatsApp become so popular, but not Signal?

Posted by lenova on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:17AM
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Re:Ask HN: Why did WhatsApp become so popular, but not Signal? by point__blank on Saturday May 11, 2019 @12:14PM (#19886850)

Platform coverage, at one point of Time Whatsapp was available almost every mobile platform including those medium range Nokia smartphones. Next is the (small) size of the app and low data usage

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Re:Ask HN: Why did WhatsApp become so popular, but not Signal? by alexnewman on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:24AM (#19886616)

- signal requires users to manually verify connections to secure them and no one does - it's group chat is buggy and featureless - it's community is run by a terse extreme anarchist

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Re:Ask HN: Why did WhatsApp become so popular, but not Signal? by kobiguru on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:04PM (#19887454)

You mean the what's app co-founder ?

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