For years, Amazon has been a giant in the tech world, offering products, services, and software to hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. Recently, however, the same tech giant announced it will be pulling the plug on its encrypted chat app, Amazon Chime.
The closure of Amazon Chime is the end of the road for the service, which was launched in 2015 as a way for business customers to communicate using secure, encrypted communications. The features of the app were far-reaching, and by 2018 it had become one of Amazon’s most popular offerings.
But Amazon’s decision to shut down the app was based on the fact that it just wasn’t as popular as Amazon had initially hoped. Despite the technology being strong and the overall product being good, Amazon ultimately had to admit that it wasn’t being used by enough customers to justify keeping it running.
As such, it’s likely that this won’t be the last we’ve heard of Amazon shutting down other products that didn’t gain the traction the company had anticipated. Even with huge companies like Amazon, it’s hard to predict with certainty which products will take off and which ones will flop. Ultimately, the only way to know for sure is to try and see.
For now, the closure of Amazon Chime serves as a reminder that even the biggest and most successful companies can sometimes bet on the wrong horse. But it’s also a reminder of the importance of keeping one’s options open when it comes to investing in new technology. After all, not every experiment is going to be a success, and it’s good to know that a company like Amazon is willing to take chances.
