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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

it's just a circlejerk of gamers pointing to each other to justify why they won't take the miniscule effort of switching platforms

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've gone through this shit back in the days of MSN Messenger, ICQ, and AIM. I didn't exactly switch then, either. Instead I went with Trillian and later Pigin to just use all of them at the same time under one account. Same thing is happening now with everyone I know on different apps. Except there isn't anything like Trillian or Pigin for any of 'em.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Effort is not really a part of the equation for a lot of people. Usually it's just "I don't want to switch".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It's not a circlejerk. It's called the network effect and it's a legitimate phenomenon.