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by caf 2905 days ago
Why do they even bother to develop worse versions of things built into Android?

They want to differentiate. In their minds, people will look at their friend's phone and go "oh wow, how do I get that sweet messaging app?" and the answer will be "You have to buy a Samsung!".

Of course, we all know it doesn't work out like that for a variety of reasons, not least of which is their inability to execute on a better clone of the existing Android apps.

2 comments

> They want to differentiate.

It's sad, because they do that (IMO) really well, especially on their flagships, with hardware; the software isn't merely unnecessary, it's a cost that weighs against the hardware.

>They want to differentiate.

mission accomplished