Kik Founder Plots a Rebel Alliance Against Facebook's 'Death Star'
Kik Founder Plots a Rebel Alliance Against Facebook's 'Death Star'
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 21, 20187m 52s
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Show Notes
Ted Livingston knows what it’s like to be copied by Facebook. After his messaging app, Kik, launched profile codes in 2016, Facebook’s Messenger app did the same. Kik launched chatbots, and Facebook Messenger soon followed. Same goes for features like stickers and usernames. But unlike some startups that Facebook has copied out of existence or bought and shut down, Livingston has managed to keep his company alive and independent.
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