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RIM had novel technology: software. But it didn’t realize it and doubled down on hardware.

Result: WhatsApp instead of BBM filled the void of cross-platform text communications.

WhatsApp was sold for >5x RIM’s total current market value.

Had RIM realized the game was up when Android started eating into their marketshare and went all in on BBM as a messaging platform we would probably be talking today about BBM marketshare relative to MS Teams and Slack.

100% agreed, and said as much in a sibling comment.

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