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0 pointsatatatat4y ago0 comments

You are a technology influencer, according to the research of those large companies.

We are the ones who give the network effect to those services.

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And those same companies have entire departments, with huge budgets, to promote their stuff, draw people into them, discourage people from using those other services, buy out influencers, etc

It's not a fair fight and it will never be.

I wouldn't say it's completely lost, but it's not far.

atatatatOP4y ago

Signal was an impossible uphill battle on inception.

Nothing in tech is impossible — it's far too new.

oblio4y ago

Signal hasn't "won" yet. Though it's good that it's close enough to be a viable alternative.

On the other hand, isn't Signal backed by literal billionaires?

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0 pointsatatatat4y ago0 comments

You are a technology influencer, according to the research of those large companies.

We are the ones who give the network effect to those services.

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oblio4y ago

And those same companies have entire departments, with huge budgets, to promote their stuff, draw people into them, discourage people from using those other services, buy out influencers, etc

It's not a fair fight and it will never be.

I wouldn't say it's completely lost, but it's not far.

atatatatOP4y ago

Signal was an impossible uphill battle on inception.

Nothing in tech is impossible — it's far too new.

oblio4y ago

Signal hasn't "won" yet. Though it's good that it's close enough to be a viable alternative.

On the other hand, isn't Signal backed by literal billionaires?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse