"Brothers, let me introduce you to an awesome instant messaging app."
"WeChat?"
"Uh, you know about it?"
"Damn, how can I not know about it? This app has been popular for a long time."
The most popular application software recently was none other than WeChat.
Many people could not believe it.
The instant messaging market had stabilized, but WeChat had suddenly appeared.
Many experts had predicted that WeChat would be popular even with ICQ's status.
Of course, this included ordinary instant messaging users.
At that time, many MSN and ICQ users said that they would not use WeChat even if it was launched.
As for the reason …
It was simple.
There was no need for them to use WeChat because their friends, social networks, and entertainment all needed MSN and ICQ. The cost of switching to an instant messaging app was higher than the cost of switching to a phone number.
However … in just one or two months, more and more MSN and ICQ users had switched to WeChat.
Perhaps, if it was just a drop in market share, it would not be so serious for MSN and ICQ.
MSN and ICQ had a large share of the global market and had a terrifying number of registered users.
Even if there was a temporary drop in market share, it would not affect these two instant messaging apps for the time being.
Moreover, their market share had not decreased by much.
The reason was …
That was, although many users used ICQ, there were still a lot of users.
In the past, they had only used one instant messaging app. Now, they were using two.
However, there were some changes that would cause a drop in market share that was more serious than a drop in market share.
For example, reviews.
"Damn, I was going to recommend it to you. But then again, WeChat is so good. Everyone will use it. "
"That's right. MSN and ICQ's performance has been too low recently. To think that they are mega corporations. How can they copy WeChat's functions again and again?"
"Yes, yes, yes. ICQ is following suit. When WeChat introduced a group chat app that doesn't require a group number, MSN and ICQ are following suit. This is plagiarism."
"Hehe, many people used to say that Huanyu Technologies' YY copied ICQ … Now, it's a slap in the face."
Yes.
When a product was involved in a plagiarism scandal, it would severely affect its brand.
It was just like QQ in his previous life.
Even though QQ was doing very well, there were still countless netizens who kept saying that QQ was copying ICQ.
Now, the tables had turned.
ICQ and MSN, which had been imitated for a long time, started to walk the path of copying others.
To a certain extent, this also pulled down the two major instant messaging brands by a level.
"Shit."
Seeing a lot of comments on the Internet scolding MSN for plagiarism, the person in charge of MSN, Joseph, closed the webpage with hatred.
However, although he was depressed, Joseph had to re-examine their MSN.
By now, MSN could no longer copy.
Even though Microsoft had started negotiations with Google regarding maps, Microsoft was still in the process of negotiating with Google.
But Joseph knew that the negotiations would take a long time.
Google and Microsoft have always been competitors.
Not only the search engine, but also the smartphone system.
Google's Android also needs to develop, and they might not be willing to cooperate with Microsoft.
Although this didn't mean that the two families couldn't cooperate, if they really wanted to cooperate, it would be after dozens of rounds of negotiations.
But with the current state of MSN, Joseph could not afford to wait.
On the surface, MSN's user numbers didn't drop by much, but this was only temporary.
Joseph knew very well that as long as people used ICQ or ICQ, they would spend less time.
In the future, they might even stop using MSN.
This was not impossible.
Just like now, from Joseph's point of view, WeChat was obviously more suitable for him.
He knew that this was because WeChat was a social network for acquaintances.
However, MSN wasn't completely a social network for strangers. A considerable number of people used MSN as a necessity for life and work.
In that case …
Where did the problem come from?
Was it because they didn't quickly follow up with the mapping service?
This was one of the reasons.
But … Joseph shook his head. This was indeed one of the reasons, but it wasn't the main reason.
Although the mapping service was good, it was far from enough to allow WeChat to absorb so many registered users in such a short period of time.
Joseph had no choice but to take out two phones. He kept using MSN and WeChat separately. He wanted to find the problem.
Unfortunately, after a few hours, Joseph still couldn't find the problem.
Most of them.
There were more.
But …
Why was WeChat so popular now?
Joseph had no choice but to enter the major websites again. He wanted to hear the opinions of the netizens.
He knew that many netizens were scolding MSN.
But sometimes, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to watch.
"If you ask me, I think …"
"That can't be. WeChat was just launched. Although it's very popular, it's impossible to replace MSN."
"It's not impossible. Look, everyone, it's impossible to catch up. Moreover, WeChat isn't just an innovation. They have their own technical barriers. For example, once the mapping service was launched, Microsoft and ICQ were done for. It's not that I don't want to praise Huanyu Technologies' Gaode map. It's so damn useful. "
"Even if Huanyu Technologies has a technical barrier, we've been using MSN for so long. It's impossible for us to give up on MSN."
"This is what you think now. What about one year from now, two years from now, or three years from now? Anything can change. "
"Then we'll talk about it in three years."
Ordinary netizens didn't care about this for the time being. However, Joseph frowned even more when he saw the comments on the forum.
Compared to the ordinary netizens, he knew that it was possible.
But, what should MSN do?
"Actually, it's useless to argue here. But, does anyone feel that MSN is very inconvenient now?"
"I don't think so."
"Let's put it this way. Which is more convenient?"
"Let me think … it should be WeChat."
"That's right."
"Eh, I wouldn't have realized it if you didn't mention it. WeChat is really more convenient to use. Could it be that Huanyu Technologies' design concept is more advanced?"
"Of course. Otherwise, look at how Huanyu Technologies rose to prominence. Their design concept is definitely the best in the world."
This was the discussion of the netizens on the forum.
Looking at these discussions, Joseph finally understood the difference between MSN and WeChat.
The difference wasn't that MSN didn't have WeChat's capabilities.
It wasn't that Huanyu Technologies' design concept was more advanced than Microsoft's.
The real difference between them was that MSN was actually just a PC instant messaging app.
This was a bit of a roundabout way of putting it.
To put it simply …
MSN was an instant messaging software developed on the basis of the PC Internet.
Although later on, after the rise of smartphones, they launched a mobile version of MSN.
However, this mobile version of MSN only transferred the functions of the MSN in the PC version.
In other words, the mobile version of MSN had the same functions as the PC version of MSN.
Some of them were just like the Chinese version of the software. They were completely copied and wouldn't make any changes.
They didn't really consider the difference between a mobile phone and a computer.
But WeChat.
It was an instant messaging software designed for smartphones.
(End of chapter)
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