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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by woadwarrior01 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:31PM (#20912818)
It isn't the chat app, it's the perpetual access to the contacts list on the phones of all its users that is worth billions.
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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by coss on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:15PM (#20913113)
To do what though?
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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by youeseh on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:25PM (#20913186)
One possibility would be to build a more accurate social graph. So, let's say you have 500 friends on Facebook, but only 50 of those are people you speak to on a regular basis. This helps Facebook better understand your preferences based on your online interactions and the people who you associate with on a regular basis. You are the average of the 5 people who you spend the most time with, or something. This hopefully means that they'll be able to show you better ads.
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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by woadwarrior01 on Monday September 09, 2019 @05:17AM (#20916483)
People who aren't on your contacts list probably aren't your friends. :)
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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by Torwald on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:19PM (#20913792)
to drive down advertising costs.
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Re:Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft by thelittleone on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:06PM (#20913950)
Is it not also true that Whatsapp is (was) a competitor to FB? I mean, if I wanted to get rid of FB, the only other place I know I can reach the majority of my contacts is WhatsApp. Now since they own both I have no non-FB alternative.
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