Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by jorangreef on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:12AM
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Yes, you're right that desktop and 'mobile first' apps are a different category, so that at first, it would seem like the comparison between Skype and WhatsApp is a category error.
But I suppose it's also fair to say that Signal is now a good example of a 'privacy first' app, a new category that WhatsApp equally don't seem too interested in.
I think the analogy still holds both ways: exact uninstalls are not important once the communication starts moving elsewhere, and 'mobile first' and 'privacy first' are categories that companies ignore at the cost of losing millions of users.
> Most people probably can't remember the exact moment that Skype was no longer relevant.
When smartphones became the go-to compute device for many. Yes Skype was made available to smartphones too, but like many other 'mobile first' applications which replaced traditional desktop software Skype was pushed down by the chat apps.