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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by scarface74 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:58PM (#22744176)
What’s the purpose of “owning messaging?” All of the popular messaging companies make money via advertising.

Messaging needs a network effect. The other alternative besides advertising is charging customers. Can you point to one successful platform that has a network effect and charges customers?

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by oarsinsync on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:48AM (#22746080)
Microsoft Windows is a successful platform that has a network effect and charges customers.

Microsoft Office (or maybe just Excel?) may qualify too, if VBScript is sufficient to label it as a platform.

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by scarface74 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:59AM (#22746912)
Microsoft charges OEMs not customers. I doubt many customers paid for Windows.

Also for Office, what free alternatives were there when Office was gaining popularity?

Compare that to now. How did Windows Mobile work compared to Android?

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by saagarjha on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:22AM (#22746496)
> Microsoft Windows is a successful platform that has a network effect and charges customers.

This isn’t really true anymore…

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