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Discussion on: Is Zoom doomed?

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Akshay Kumar Thakur

Once people start using some platform and it's pretty hard to migrate people to another platform even if the new platform is better like WhatsApp and Telegram. Telegram clearly have better and more features but my friends are not on it, they are comfortable sticking to WhatsApp because they know everyone will be there. Let's see if Jio can do this and make people switch

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Utkarsh Talwar

I completely agree with you there on the Telegram vs WhatsApp thing. Telegram has so many features I love, and I'm possibly the biggest Telegram evangelist I know, but even then, my friends are skeptical of switching over. And it's not even just about the interface. Network effects always play a huge role in social apps like these. If none of their other friends are on Telegram, they have no reason to be on Telegram either. It's a hard transition.

Jio might just be able to pull it off, however. At least for non-professional users.