I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?

  • heavyboots@lemmy.mlEnglish
    192·
    9 months ago

    I think iMessage and whatever Google had at the time were “good enough” here that WhatsApp never caught on? Like most people already had unlimited texting by the time it hit the scene, so It just felt like a scam back in the day and I remember it wanted my phone number to complete a sign-up and I was damned if I was going to give it to them.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Hell, unlimited texting plans had already been around for a while by the time smartphones with apps were even a thing