Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

Re:Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO by colinmhayes on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:37PM (#31589948)

Your anecdote is noted, and I have a similar experience with regard to Facebook usage in my circle. That doesn’t change the fact that Facebook has more users than any other platform in the world.

I think you misunderstand my point about iMessage. Apple users have a very good reason to use different chat apps. Most people probably text non iPhones every once in a while. Yet every iPhone user I know refuses to download other chat apps. It’s not like there’s a big barrier to getting WhatsApp, they just don’t want multiple chat apps. People who are already using WhatsApp feel the same way, and there’s much less reason for them to switch, since the product doesn’t purposefully knee cap users.

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Re:Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO by zarzavat on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:26PM (#31590973)

This is only true in the US though. Everywhere else in the world iMessage is a dead product, because Apple doesn’t have the market share to push it. If Apple’s market share in the US ever drops significantly then iMessage will promptly die there too.

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