1000%

It's so much work. We still have so much to do.

https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1928847135216382109

The most important messaging feature is N²

SMS proves this year after year...

Platform-specific messaging is useful to be certain of the identity you are trying to reach.

Twitter proves this year after year...

> The most important messaging feature is N²

I mean, the usage numbers for non-inteoperable messaging products would indicate that consumers care about UX > interoperability and it's not even close.

Maybe you shouldn't make it non-interoperable, then?

Hard to compete with N²

What category do you put iMessage in? If it didn’t support SMS, no one would have used it when it launched. Same for Signal until they dropped SMS support.

You know you can reach all 6 billion of those users with a phone number. That network effect is more valuable than the UX of telegram.

Not intellectually dishonest at all.

this feels intellectually dishonest, will just disengage. 

WhatsApp and Telegram are the UX bar new apps are competing with. Consumers don’t care about standards.