What if Teams isn’t too complicated — but simply being compared to the wrong product?

Many users first experience Microsoft Teams through meetings, chat, and file sharing.

So it feels natural to compare Teams with messaging apps.

But I’ve started to wonder whether that comparison itself shapes how people experience Teams.

In markets such as Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand, LINE is deeply embedded in everyday communication. For those unfamiliar with it, LINE is a widely used consumer messaging app in these markets.

When users bring that same mental model into Teams, a familiar question appears:

“Why does Teams have to be so complicated?”

But what if that isn’t quite the right question?

I explored the idea in this short interactive page:

Maybe We've Been Thinking About Teams the Wrong Way

https://teams-vs-line-vinci.vinciwang.chatgpt.site/en/teams-vs-line

One analogy sits at the center of it:

LINE is like a speedboat.

Teams is more like an aircraft carrier.

I’m particularly interested in whether people here agree — or think this analogy actually proves the opposite.

Is the problem mainly Teams itself, or the mental model we use to judge it?