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TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram

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298 points elorant | 2 comments | 19 Nov 19 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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m12k ◴[19 Nov 19 15:00 UTC] No.21573454[source]▶
"It is the third most-downloaded app outside of gaming this year. Numbers one and two are WhatsApp and Messenger, while four and five are the Facebook app and Instagram."

Facebook owns 4/5 of the most downloaded apps - just let that sink in for a minute. This space needs competition pretty badly.

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wil421 ◴[19 Nov 19 15:05 UTC] No.21573503[source]▶
There was competition and FB used their war chest to buy them all, sans messenger. They forced people to download messenger to see FB messages on mobile. They also lied and said you had a message when you really didn’t. Just to force the messenger download.
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mgalgs ◴[19 Nov 19 19:50 UTC] No.21577442[source]▶
I'm forced to use messenger for work but have refused to download the mobile app for this reason. Voting with my download count.
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1. farisjarrah ◴[19 Nov 19 22:18 UTC] No.21578917[source]▶
Ouch, forced to use Facebook for work... Thats rough... My last company ALMOST used Facebook for enterprise like 3 years ago when they were advertising it... So glad it was a flaming pile of garbage when we tested it out.
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2. mgalgs ◴[19 Nov 19 22:57 UTC] No.21579263[source]▶
> Ouch, forced to use Facebook for work... Thats rough...

Yeah the worst part is that I can't tell my boss to screw off because it's my company :D We do some customer support on Facebook because so many of our users are there, otherwise I wouldn't be touching it with a 12 foot pole either.