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Re:The death of corporate research labs by neutronicus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:15AM (#23257475)
"Facebook bought WhatsApp - guess we're moving the family group chat to Signal"
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Re:The death of corporate research labs by scarface74 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:30AM (#23257598)
if that anecdote was applicable to the broader market, wouldn’t we have seen WhatsApp’s numbers decline and Signal’s numbers rise after the acquisition?
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Re:The death of corporate research labs by badrabbit on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:36AM (#23257640)
Signal is very popular but whatsapp was aquired before Signal was well known (2014-15 I think) and their user base mostly don't even know it belongs to FB. I have had multiple people act shocked when I tell them whatsapp and Instagram are FB.
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Re:The death of corporate research labs by neutronicus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:32AM (#23257612)
I was being sarcastic
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