Facebook is now merging instagram and messenger chats into one service(9to5mac.com)
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Facebook is now merging instagram and messenger chats into one service
https://9to5mac.com/2020/08/15/facebook-is-now-merging-instagram-and-messenger-chats-into-one-service/
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They aren't doing this for users. They're doing this so that they can stand in front of Congress and say "Well actually Facebook and Instagram aren't two separate things, they're really just 1 thing, so it's impossible for you to break us up into 2 companies, sorry!"
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This is very true
what they fear most is
Instagram and Whatsapp getting split up from Facebook
And then it becoming a contest of
FB vs Instagram Vs Whatsapp
If they integrate them in, then they get two good side effects (the real intended effectS) in addition to 'easier for users'
A) Very hard to split it up, as it 'breaks the experience for the users
B) After the split the three companies are FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER
it becomes three companies sharing three shared products
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Another fact that has to be considered is
A lot of Instagram's growth was done leveraging what was learnt at Facebook and using Facebook users
Now you get the danger that
The three companies (if split - FB, Instagram, Whatsapp) could feed and grow competitors to each other
By having them so interconnected, it also prevents one company to 'build in' a possible competitor to another and grow it quickly
what they fear most is
Instagram and Whatsapp getting split up from Facebook
And then it becoming a contest of
FB vs Instagram Vs Whatsapp
If they integrate them in, then they get two good side effects (the real intended effectS) in addition to 'easier for users'
A) Very hard to split it up, as it 'breaks the experience for the users
B) After the split the three companies are FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER
it becomes three companies sharing three shared products
*
Another fact that has to be considered is
A lot of Instagram's growth was done leveraging what was learnt at Facebook and using Facebook users
Now you get the danger that
The three companies (if split - FB, Instagram, Whatsapp) could feed and grow competitors to each other
By having them so interconnected, it also prevents one company to 'build in' a possible competitor to another and grow it quickly
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Personally I'm a huge fan. Instagram has never been for me. But it appears to be becoming a relatively popular IM tool. I thought I was going to have to install it on my phone at some point to communicate with friends but this lets me stick with the same one facebook app that I have been living with for years.
I can't wait until I can drop WhatsApp too.
I mean ideally people would start using something open like Matrix or even XMPP but I'll still take wins when I can get them. The less separate networks the better as far as I am concerned.
I can't wait until I can drop WhatsApp too.
I mean ideally people would start using something open like Matrix or even XMPP but I'll still take wins when I can get them. The less separate networks the better as far as I am concerned.
Big fan of this, hoping they integrate WhatsApp and its end to end encryption to this joint project soon as well
pacamara619(2)
Thanks, I hate it
I think it's time to unlink my fb account from instagram. I really don't want the chats merged.
This just makes me want to leave both platforms, not embrace them as one.