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?

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    This has been a thing since when?
    I found an article stating 06.2017 as a start date for free EU roaming.
    With that in mind since when did smartphones became the norm? About 2011/12?

    WhatsApp is basically a full replacement of what iMessage does to some degree and what RCS aspires to be. Everyone cam use it, is free and even the older non-tech folks can use it.
    Now try moving those older folks to use some other app. You can’t even make them to use apps like Telegram or Signal or Threema.

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      9 months ago

      I think they were just pointing out that the roaming fees are a thing of the past, because the previous comment sounded like that’s still a thing.