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BlackBerry Makes Privacy and Control Subscription in BBM Free
BlackBerry, on Monday, announced it is making all the privacy features in BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) messaging app free to use. Prior to the announcement, the Canadian company charged $1 monthly premium subscription for the advanced privacy and control features. From the company's blog post: These enhanced privacy and control features give users full ownership over what they share through BBM -- even after it leaves their phone. With "Retract," users can retract messages and pictures from recipients they sent mistakenly or no longer wish to make accessible. "Timer," meanwhile, gives users control over how long their contacts can view shared messages, pictures, or location information.
Which is pretty much what they've been trying to do since Apple and Android phones came onto the market.
They may have created the smart phone, but they've subsequently had their market share taken away by other companies with products consumers want more.
I'm just not convinced they're succeeding at staying relevant. The only people I know who use BB stuff have been using it so long they're saturated with the koolaid.
Once they rolled over and started caving on security to governments around the world, their claims about bring more secure can't be trusted.
I'm just not seeing them recovering enough to matter much.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.