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Why bother ? None of my friends got it installed.
I am wondering why Allo and Duo should fail. They are great alternative for Text chatting and Video calling by simple signing in with mobile number. Allo and Duo could well become iMessage and Facetime for Android (or it was planned for that).
I think only problem is Google enters market when there are already some established services available, and hence people don't want to change and try new service.
I think only problem is Google enters market when there are already some established services available, and hence people don't want to change and try new service.
the problem with google's offerings is that they are replacing a much better product with a terrible one. and they are offering nothing new to people using competing products. why should i switch to allo or duo when existing products are working just fine. for someone like me using telegram, allo is a crippled mess. can't share files. can't access chats on a computer. they replicated the most successful group messaging app and are now expecting people to just leave it? when they have not left it for much better products?
allo is such a mess right now in my own personal experience... i cannot even use it to chat with people who have allo. their numbers show me the invite option. it takes a new level of incompetence for a messaging app to have a bug like this.
allo is such a mess right now in my own personal experience... i cannot even use it to chat with people who have allo. their numbers show me the invite option. it takes a new level of incompetence for a messaging app to have a bug like this.
The problem here is "huge" market share of existing app i.e. whatsapp here.
When Google search knocked off Yahoo search - internet was still new for most of the countries except rich countries.
People who did not know about "search" engines - selected Google over Yahoo
When Gmail took on Hotmail - again there were still billions of people who did not have E-mail account and they opted for Gmail.
But now case is different - "Whatsapp" is just way to popular and even a person earning 5000-7000Rs a month uses whatsapp.
Social app are to "reach" friends and family.
Whatsapp is sufficient for most "non-tech" people for daily needs and they find ALL of their friends and family there.
So nobody wants to migrate and wait for others to join.
Its like - I think - "if my friends join I will join" but then everyone thinks same and hence noone joins!!
Plus whatsapp is now under Facebook. Zuck is not going to let go his grip like Yahoo and Microsoft did.
When Google search knocked off Yahoo search - internet was still new for most of the countries except rich countries.
People who did not know about "search" engines - selected Google over Yahoo
When Gmail took on Hotmail - again there were still billions of people who did not have E-mail account and they opted for Gmail.
But now case is different - "Whatsapp" is just way to popular and even a person earning 5000-7000Rs a month uses whatsapp.
Social app are to "reach" friends and family.
Whatsapp is sufficient for most "non-tech" people for daily needs and they find ALL of their friends and family there.
So nobody wants to migrate and wait for others to join.
Its like - I think - "if my friends join I will join" but then everyone thinks same and hence noone joins!!
Plus whatsapp is now under Facebook. Zuck is not going to let go his grip like Yahoo and Microsoft did.
search and email are entirely different market as you are not dependent upon others for your own choice. i can use bing and it would not affect anyone i know. i can use yahoo mail and i can still send and receive mails from people using gmail. interoperability is the issue with group messaging. you do not make the choice for yourself. your friend circle makes the choice for you.
google has themselves to blame. they had the best client in the market in the form of talk and they let it rot after it became hangouts. it lost features like p2p file transfers and a decent desktop client when hangouts was released. it was so bad that even i decided to dump it for telegram. and i do not usually dump google branded products.
google has themselves to blame. they had the best client in the market in the form of talk and they let it rot after it became hangouts. it lost features like p2p file transfers and a decent desktop client when hangouts was released. it was so bad that even i decided to dump it for telegram. and i do not usually dump google branded products.
