Low-Helicopter-2696B to Entrepreneur@indiehackers.spaceEnglish · 1 year agoWhat's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful?message-squaremessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful?Low-Helicopter-2696B to Entrepreneur@indiehackers.spaceEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square191fedilinkfile-text
Airbnb sounded like a horrible idea to me. Who the heck would rent out a single room? Sounded like a recipe for murder.
minus-squarelanyloverBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI never understood the benefit of early Whatsapp when SMS/ MMS could literally do the same thing, especially ob an iPhone (iMessage).
minus-squarenotsocialwitchBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhatsApp owes its success to Indian market - not everyone has an iPhone and not all sms were free unlike USA mobile providers. Device and service provider independent messaging service.
minus-squarelanyloverBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh interesting info. I never thought about it this way but then again it wasn’t specifically built for that market, was it?
I never understood the benefit of early Whatsapp when SMS/ MMS could literally do the same thing, especially ob an iPhone (iMessage).
WhatsApp owes its success to Indian market - not everyone has an iPhone and not all sms were free unlike USA mobile providers. Device and service provider independent messaging service.
Oh interesting info. I never thought about it this way but then again it wasn’t specifically built for that market, was it?