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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]▶

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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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1. Lammy ◴[20 Nov 19 04:29 UTC] No.21581094[source]▶

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> They also lied and said you had a message when you really didn’t. Just to force the messenger download.

I bet the line of reasoning is that the message notification is for the upsell telling you how great Messenger is.

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