Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

Aside: Annoying new trend in news sites used here is to inject their homepage in the browser history to make it so that the back button goes to their homepage instead of back to where you were.

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by throw03172019 » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 5:39 PM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #3

YC company, but not your usual startup

Why not a usual startup?

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by asciimo » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 5:46 PM UTC

I remember when MessageBird was giving away free tacos across the street from Twilio's Signal conference. Left me feeling that their brand is tacky and desperate. On the other hand, I learned that there was an alternative to Twilio. And got free tacos.

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by frakkingcylons » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 6:05 PM UTC

stevetodd wrote: post #4

Aside: Annoying new trend in news sites used here is to inject their homepage in the browser history to make it so that the back button goes to their homepage instead of back to where you were.

Hm? The back button seems to work as expected on this site.

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by holler » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

asciimo wrote: post #6

I remember when MessageBird was giving away free tacos across the street from Twilio's Signal conference. Left me feeling that their brand is tacky and desperate. On the other hand, I learned that there was an alternative to Twilio. And got free tacos.

never turn down a free taco!

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by wrkronmiller » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 6:12 PM UTC

stevetodd wrote: post #4

Aside: Annoying new trend in news sites used here is to inject their homepage in the browser history to make it so that the back button goes to their homepage instead of back to where you were.

Didn't happen on Safari Version 14.0. What browser you using?

Re: Twilio’s Dutch rival MessageBird plans an IPO

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Post by daneel_w » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

asciimo wrote: post #6

I remember when MessageBird was giving away free tacos across the street from Twilio's Signal conference. Left me feeling that their brand is tacky and desperate. On the other hand, I learned that there was an alternative to Twilio. And got free tacos.

Messagebird user here, on enterprise level: we're happy with their services, both in terms of delivery and reliability. The fact that they (just like almost all other SMS/SIP providers to be fair) asks lower prices than Twilio certainly does not hurt.