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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by ClumsyPilot on Monday February 22, 2021 @06:36PM (#26232115)
Skype was cross-platform and free too. Also, we are talking technology, their pricing strategy is a different problem.
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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by louwrentius on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:41PM (#26243961)
No, you have to take in the context and timeframe.

Skype was not a messaging platform that regular users used on their Phone.

iPhone and Android each were their own bubble and required paid expensive SMS messages to talk to each other.

Whatsapp was at least very populair in The Netherlands for this reason alone.

Pricing is important because that proves why it was useful to people. Also: ease of use, based on how Whatsapp works.

We are not talking just technologies but technologies in a context.

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