1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoTikTok appears to be gearing up for a big push into messagingwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technews
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkTikTok appears to be gearing up for a big push into messagingwww.theverge.com1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technews
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t think so. People didn’t switch to privacy friendly messengers because everyone was using WhatsApp, even though there was a benefit to it, so I don’t see why people would switch to a TikTok messenger when there is no benefit to it at all.
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThey’ll use it because they already have the app open and they can’t be bothered to switch to their messaging app
I don’t think so. People didn’t switch to privacy friendly messengers because everyone was using WhatsApp, even though there was a benefit to it, so I don’t see why people would switch to a TikTok messenger when there is no benefit to it at all.
Because people are idiots.
They’ll use it because they already have the app open and they can’t be bothered to switch to their messaging app