The amount of perfectly functional messaging apps Google has gone through is crazy[1]. Each Google messaging app (GTalk, Hangouts, Meet, etc) is perfectly funct

The amount of perfectly functional messaging apps Google has gone through is crazy[1]. Each Google messaging app (GTalk, Hangouts, Meet, etc) is perfectly functional, but with an endless series of migrations, why would you stay around and every several months/year explain to the non-technical family members how the new version of Google's messaging product works? Enter Whatsapp, which has been pretty consistent through the years, and of course guess which one people use. [1]: Of course, it's crazy from a product management perspective - but from a "launch a new product to get the next promotion" perspective...