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		OmegaPG on Sept 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How big tech runs tech projects and the curious ab... Are Skype and Whatsapp even comparable? Whatsapp was competing with SMS (at least in developing countries) and it had a killer feature of making groups. Anyone who had a phone moved to WhatsApp overnight as they didn't wanted to pay for SMS.

francisthesixth on Sept 27, 2021 [–]

Well I guess that’s the way (SMS alternative) Skype was trying to go. They clearly didn’t get any close though.

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