All communications platforms so far have come and gone in vogue.
I remember in 2005 when everyone in our office communicated over MS Messenger.
Maybe Slack is to instant messaging as Facebook was to social networking and will get some longevity. But it's too early to tell yet.
- no message history past a few months
- the redesign made it look like a phone messaging app
- poor group chat functionality that didn't have anything beyond basic permissions
- calls were peer-to-peer for the longest time, making it mostly trivial to get someone's residential IP and DDOS their network.
It might have improved since then (I know calls are no longer P2P) but that's why a large portion of the gamers moved to Discord.
I have an unlimited-Europe plan with it and a phone number attached to it, but I'd rather use something else some day. I haven't found any cheaper alternatives though. Maybe someone here can point one out to me.
But as an aside, “the cheapest one you can find is horrible” is probably appropriate for what “cheapest” usually translates to in products, and expecting to find one cheaper and better when you can’t find one cheaper at all, seems optimistic.
Instant messenger, internet phone and video/presentation conferencing.
Am i missing something here because its literally my primary business communication tool.