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Telegram beats Facebook Messenger and is almost tied with WhatsApp in total downloads.
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Fighting against "network effects" (I don't know if this is the right term on English, sorry) for social tools is the hardest fight. The price to pay for the early adopters is just too high to be expected by anyone. I only managed to convince very few people around me.
This is not an individual problem but a collective, political one. Law has to make common standard mandatory. It has done it in the past, but modern capitalism/liberalism fail harder and harder, especially in new technology that emerged under it's recent development.
Everybody takes for granted that your house power plugs are standardized and work with any electrical device sold in your country. But we could imagine a world with proprietary plugs for a "secure and coherent ecosystem for your home". This would be bullshit and people understand. But for many modern digital standards, a major cultural fight has been lost...
Yes, i get what are you speaking of when i think after how many years, EU has only proposed a common smarthpone charging port!