BNJMNBanks@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhatsapp is going to run terribly...www.androidcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1337arrow-down1external-linkWhatsapp is going to run terribly...www.androidcentral.comBNJMNBanks@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·9 months agoMeta adding the same features to all their apps, for whatever reason
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·9 months agoAnd WeChat sucks. The only reason it dominates in China is because the government mandated a bunch of social control stuff to run there making it virtually mandatory just to exist in China.
minus-squareours@lemmy.filmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoWestern VCs wished they could have their shitty app being mandatory. Look at El Musk and his “X app” obsession. He wants it so bad he burned the brand he paid BILLIONS to acquire just to chase his everything app.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI think part of his plan was to quickly roll crypto into it… but then by the time he actually acquired it Crypto took a huge downturn.
minus-squarepewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoeven the fediverse (kinda)
Meta adding the same features to all their apps, for whatever reason
Everybody wants to be We Chat.
And WeChat sucks. The only reason it dominates in China is because the government mandated a bunch of social control stuff to run there making it virtually mandatory just to exist in China.
Western VCs wished they could have their shitty app being mandatory.
Look at El Musk and his “X app” obsession. He wants it so bad he burned the brand he paid BILLIONS to acquire just to chase his everything app.
I think part of his plan was to quickly roll crypto into it… but then by the time he actually acquired it Crypto took a huge downturn.
even the fediverse (kinda)
not really tbh