[rconti]

It's so odd, because Venmo is both newer than PayPal, yet limited in the same stupid ways PayPal is (multi-stage xfers), which Square Cash avoids entirely.

It's perplexing to me that Venmo ever caught on.

[airstrike]

Network effects. Square Cash is vastly superior but Venmo is the incumbent so it's hard to tell your friends "no, I have this other cash app you should install instead"

[Maxious]

Hence the slogan "we're not using the other apps anymore" https://www.reddit.com/r/FriendsofthePod/comments/8pgbpq/wha... https://twitter.com/square/status/968602892646023169?lang=en

[burkaman]

What do you mean by multi-stage xfers?

[umeshunni]

It transfers to your Venmo balance and not directly to your bank account.

[Infinitesimus]

Venmo caught on likely because of Facebook integration

[birdyrooster]

Also the whole publishing all of your transactions on the public internet by default was a really good feature.