BlackBerry continues to alienate it's users - BBM
- BlackBerry seems to never learn, been hearing more and more grumbles about ads on bbm and how invasive they are, with more people now uninstalling the app. BlackBerry seems committed to keep going down this path of alienating and turning off any user who even remotely gives them a chance. Company is a fail.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android06-27-16 07:56 PMLike 2 - Company can't afford to just give away BBM for free. And it clear that ad related revenues are much more profitable for developers... it's the model that just keeps giving.world traveler and former ceo and QNX4all like this.06-28-16 07:50 AMLike 2
- Luckily they've now sold the product to Emtek, maybe now someone with some business sense might have some luck with improving the business. BlackBerry operates like a crown corporation, building things, losing money on it and then selling it before the true potential or value is unlocked
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android06-29-16 06:00 PMLike 0 - Luckily they've now sold the product to Emtek, maybe now someone with some business sense might have some luck with improving the business. BlackBerry operates like a crown corporation, building things, losing money on it and then selling it before the true potential or value is unlocked
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android07-02-16 06:16 PMLike 0 -
Facebook will own them without spending a penny. BBM users are switching to whatsapp. Facebook knows this and has no desire or need to buy bbm, which will never be up for sale anyways.
Posted via CB10Dunt Dunt Dunt likes this.07-05-16 01:06 PMLike 1 - So the complainers won't spend a few quid a year to hide the ads?
Complainers are always gonna want the world for free and still complain.
Posted from the CB10 app on my BlackBerry Z30 STA100-2/10.3.2.2789 on O2 UK - Activated on BES12.5.0LyoobaBerry likes this.07-05-16 07:28 PMLike 1 -
I think if you have a modern Android device with a 3,000+ mAh battery you'll never notice any performance hit from BBM. But the markets where BBM is still popular, tend to be markets where users might have bought a sub $100 Android phone, which I don't think BBM does play well with. But LINE, WhatsApp and other are able to run on less powerful hardware.07-06-16 09:41 AMLike 2 - I have shared a business model that will monetise BBM without ads. They seem to have done only part of it. I'm not sure if they are buying into the idea or not.
Basically BBM can:
1. Provide more free stickers from companies as a way to advertise & charge these companies for it.
2. Promote their BBM Money for purchases at merchants & on Channels and take a fee from these like a credit card purchase.
3. Integrate games into BBM again and let people pay for game upgrades via BBM money.
4. Allow users to share online what they are watching and when their contacts like what their friends are watching to buy the movies via BBM money.
5. Allow users to subscribe for news updates and news feeds via BBM and these subscriptions also have an option for premium services which are paid. Then share the revenue with the content providers.
6. Allow users to purchase stickers, songs, movies & games for their friends via BBM or via BBM money.
7. Work with Groupon or Living Social to allow users to purchase vouchers and send them as gifts to their contacts even when these contacts are not in the same country. Let these vouchers be used directly from the app without the need to be printed.
If these can be done I'm sure it will definitely be able to earn a significant amount of money for BBM and perhaps BlackBerry too.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Androidenrod87 likes this.07-06-16 11:30 AMLike 1 - I have shared a business model that will monetise BBM without ads. They seem to have done only part of it. I'm not sure if they are buying into the idea or not.
Basically BBM can:
1. Provide more free stickers from companies as a way to advertise & charge these companies for it.
2. Promote their BBM Money for purchases at merchants & on Channels and take a fee from these like a credit card purchase.
3. Integrate games into BBM again and let people pay for game upgrades via BBM money.
4. Allow users to share online what they are watching and when their contacts like what their friends are watching to buy the movies via BBM money.
5. Allow users to subscribe for news updates and news feeds via BBM and these subscriptions also have an option for premium services which are paid. Then share the revenue with the content providers.
6. Allow users to purchase stickers, songs, movies & games for their friends via BBM or via BBM money.
7. Work with Groupon or Living Social to allow users to purchase vouchers and send them as gifts to their contacts even when these contacts are not in the same country. Let these vouchers be used directly from the app without the need to be printed.
If these can be done I'm sure it will definitely be able to earn a significant amount of money for BBM and perhaps BlackBerry too.
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1-Which major company you would would want to pay to provide stickers on BBM??? Please name a few, I would love to know!
2-How many merchants you know accept BBM Money??? What's the incentive of the merchant to accept BBM money? no one has a BB anymore! And the merchant has to give a cut to BB? why would they do that???
3-How many major game developer you know would integrate BBM into their game? Actually how many game developer you know develop games for BB???
4-Where can you buy movies with BBM Money? please name me at least 1 place! And why would a company like Sony, Paramount or any distributor start accepting BBM Money when there's only a handful of people with blackberrys?
5-Why the heck would anyone share revenue with blackberry?
6-same problem as above
7-No idea what you mean, you can buy vouchers on Groupon directly and send it to friends. Not sure why anyone would complicate their life by using BBM... and convince their friend to download BBM to receive a gift.07-06-16 12:03 PMLike 3 - Wow a lot of wishful thinking here but most of it is unrealistic! Remember, we live in a REAL world, not a fantasy world.
1-Which major company you would would want to pay to provide stickers on BBM??? Please name a few, I would love to know!
2-How many merchants you know accept BBM Money??? What's the incentive of the merchant to accept BBM money? no one has a BB anymore! And the merchant has to give a cut to BB? why would they do that???
3-How many major game developer you know would integrate BBM into their game? Actually how many game developer you know develop games for BB???
4-Where can you buy movies with BBM Money? please name me at least 1 place! And why would a company like Sony, Paramount or any distributor start accepting BBM Money when there's only a handful of people with blackberrys?
5-Why the heck would anyone share revenue with blackberry?
6-same problem as above
7-No idea what you mean, you can buy vouchers on Groupon directly and send it to friends. Not sure why anyone would complicate their life by using BBM... and convince their friend to download BBM to receive a gift.
If you have used BBM before then I'm sure you would have seen some stickers from some major brands out there.
35 years ago how many merchants out there accept Visa & Mastercard? How many accept them today?
5 years ago how many people buy music from spotify?
Posted via the CrackBerry App for AndroidLast edited by Loc22; 07-07-16 at 12:27 PM.
07-07-16 11:49 AMLike 0 - Wow you really have an absolutely closed mind.
If you have used BBM before then I'm sure you would have seen some stickers from some major brands out there.
35 years ago how many merchants out there accept Visa & Mastercard? How many accept them today?
5 years ago how many people buy music from spotify?
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Might I remind YOU that YOU are asking, not the user to pay for the stickers, but for the major brand to pay to have their stickers on BBM??? Wow
And by asking the question about visa and Mastercard, you are answering the question yourself! Ask yourself: how many merchants today uses Visa and Mastercard? ALL of them! how many people has a visa or a Mastercard? Everyone. Now as of today, why would any merchant accept BBM money? What's the incentive? they all can pay with Visa and MasterCard. And WTF? You're suggesting they the merchant should give a cut to BBM too???
Do you have any business training at all? Most of the ideas you're bringing up are unrealistic.
It's not about having an open or a closed mind. You can have a really opened minded... for example I can have a very open minded about creating a machine that would open a wormhole to another universe. however the fortune I would spend on that machine and the chance of it working is very limited!
actually, I think I have a better chance with my wormhole machine than BBM being a major payment player!07-07-16 03:05 PMLike 2 - Yeah! There are SOME major brands stickers in BBM, but did you notice something? The user has to PAY for them.
Might I remind YOU that YOU are asking, not the user to pay for the stickers, but for the major brand to pay to have their stickers on BBM??? Wow
And by asking the question about visa and Mastercard, you are answering the question yourself! Ask yourself: how many merchants today uses Visa and Mastercard? ALL of them! how many people has a visa or a Mastercard? Everyone. Now as of today, why would any merchant accept BBM money? What's the incentive? they all can pay with Visa and MasterCard. And WTF? You're suggesting they the merchant should give a cut to BBM too???
Do you have any business training at all? Most of the ideas you're bringing up are unrealistic.
It's not about having an open or a closed mind. You can have a really opened minded... for example I can have a very open minded about creating a machine that would open a wormhole to another universe. however the fortune I would spend on that machine and the chance of it working is very limited!
actually, I think I have a better chance with my wormhole machine than BBM being a major payment player!
Posted via CB1007-07-16 05:47 PMLike 0 - Yeah! There are SOME major brands stickers in BBM, but did you notice something? The user has to PAY for them.
Might I remind YOU that YOU are asking, not the user to pay for the stickers, but for the major brand to pay to have their stickers on BBM??? Wow
And by asking the question about visa and Mastercard, you are answering the question yourself! Ask yourself: how many merchants today uses Visa and Mastercard? ALL of them! how many people has a visa or a Mastercard? Everyone. Now as of today, why would any merchant accept BBM money? What's the incentive? they all can pay with Visa and MasterCard. And WTF? You're suggesting they the merchant should give a cut to BBM too???
Do you have any business training at all? Most of the ideas you're bringing up are unrealistic.
It's not about having an open or a closed mind. You can have a really opened minded... for example I can have a very open minded about creating a machine that would open a wormhole to another universe. however the fortune I would spend on that machine and the chance of it working is very limited!
actually, I think I have a better chance with my wormhole machine than BBM being a major payment player!
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android07-08-16 10:58 AMLike 0 - Yeah! There are SOME major brands stickers in BBM, but did you notice something? The user has to PAY for them.
Might I remind YOU that YOU are asking, not the user to pay for the stickers, but for the major brand to pay to have their stickers on BBM??? Wow
And by asking the question about visa and Mastercard, you are answering the question yourself! Ask yourself: how many merchants today uses Visa and Mastercard? ALL of them! how many people has a visa or a Mastercard? Everyone. Now as of today, why would any merchant accept BBM money? What's the incentive? they all can pay with Visa and MasterCard. And WTF? You're suggesting they the merchant should give a cut to BBM too???
Do you have any business training at all? Most of the ideas you're bringing up are unrealistic.
It's not about having an open or a closed mind. You can have a really opened minded... for example I can have a very open minded about creating a machine that would open a wormhole to another universe. however the fortune I would spend on that machine and the chance of it working is very limited!
actually, I think I have a better chance with my wormhole machine than BBM being a major payment player!
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android07-08-16 11:00 AMLike 0 -
Haven't been a BBM user in a while and not sure how often than have done "free" packs beyond those initial releases. But that is the key, to get more users active with stickers and to build their usage.07-08-16 11:03 AMLike 0 - Probable BlackBerry in a marketing effort to build sticker usage....
Haven't been a BBM user in a while and not sure how often than have done "free" packs beyond those initial releases. But that is the key, to get more users active with stickers and to build their usage.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for AndroidDunt Dunt Dunt likes this.07-08-16 11:10 AMLike 1 -
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