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Re:How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability by up6w6 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:58AM (#28615788)
Can anyone explain to me the main obstacles for Signal to succeed ? I keep thinking about how strange is that we can maintain complex open-source projects like linux but we cannot join forces and create a good open-source messaging app, which is a thing almost everyone with a smartphone uses, I know its not the same thing and you need someone to take care of infrastructure etc, but I still think its strange.
Re:How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability by MomoXenosaga on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:13PM (#28622674)
Because getting to 1 billion users is hard. Google tried it.

Basically people have been using their favourite messaging apps for years now and if they're satisfied they aren't going to switch.

Re:How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability by kubanczyk on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @07:01PM (#28623147)
Lack of federation. Maybe "we" can maintain some complex free software, but it is them who cannot grow their userbase.
Re:How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability by ajvs on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:20AM (#28626165)
Basically this. Signal refuses to give up control (they've even shut down third-party clients) so they're a walled garden like WhatsApp.