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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:13PM (#24839913)
>On the mobile front, FB Messenger sort of won out because people started to like iMessage, but there was still a need for a cross platform alternative. I believe Apple could have prevented FB Messenger from being a thing, had they released an Android client along with a browser extension. Apple's best move was releasing iTunes for Windows, something they are scared to repeat, and shouldnt be.

I wonder what the numbers are on WhatsApp vs FB Messenger, because people of all socioeconomic levels, languages, ages, country, and tech literacy use WhatsApp in my experience, whereas only Americans of a certain age group use FB Messenger.

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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by sjg007 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @08:36PM (#24843791)
WhatsApp is the clear winner since it has always been optimized for very old devices. But it's now a FB product anyway. At some point FB will develop a unified messaging product... maybe in response to antitrust.
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