> John Gruber... has suggested... instant messaging was a dead-end technology
I use Signal and WhatsApp daily. Most people I know use some sort of IM, though for some of them it's only iMessage.
It's interesting and a little surprising that none of the PC-based instant messaging services popular in the early 2000s were successful in making the jump to mobile, though some did produce mobile clients.
I use Signal and WhatsApp daily. Most people I know use some sort of IM, though for some of them it's only iMessage.
It's interesting and a little surprising that none of the PC-based instant messaging services popular in the early 2000s were successful in making the jump to mobile, though some did produce mobile clients.