Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In
by Scoundreller on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:03PM
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> Google could have owned this space if they hadn't taken their eye off the ball and fucked up Hangouts.
And going even further back in time, RIM/Blackberry could have owned the space. Instead they focussed on hardware instead of the real driver of their sales: BBM.
Their market cap these days is $4b, while Whatsapp sold for $18b.
It didn't help that Blackberry's comms encryption for consumer devices was complete and utter garbage.
And going even further back in time, RIM/Blackberry could have owned the space. Instead they focussed on hardware instead of the real driver of their sales: BBM.
Their market cap these days is $4b, while Whatsapp sold for $18b.
It didn't help that Blackberry's comms encryption for consumer devices was complete and utter garbage.