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0 pointsbasch6y ago0 comments

its a very Microsoft thing to do to name a Microsoft product built on (aka extending) a Google product after a different unrelated Google Product.

If my friend has a Microsoft Surface Duo and I say "open your Duo" do I mean to unfold the phone, or open the google video calling app?

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lostmsu6y ago

Somebody is actually using Duo the chat outside Google?

Marsymars6y ago

I recently started using it. It's nice because it comes with E2E encryption and is usable on desktop. Alternatives all have various limitations: Skype (no E2E encryption), Signal (no calls on PCs), iMessage (only usable for Apple users), Wire (requires additional program installation and account creation).

pthatcherg6y ago

I haven't used the desktop Signal app, but there appears to be one:

https://signal.org/download/

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libso6y ago

# of users of Duo calling app is small and tending to zero. It is laughable to think that MS would name it Duo for this negligible benefit.

baschOP6y ago

I didn't mean it as a benefit, more an ineptitude. They always name things with names already in use

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