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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why would you use WhatsApp in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is basically the default in most latam countries.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many Asia countries too, probably Europe too.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Africa and the middle east as well

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're quickly running out of continents here...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Quick I'll name another one!!!… North America! Oh crap… Antarctica!…

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you meet someone new they may essentially force you to (through lack of other options), if you wish to communicate with them

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many countries like the UK charge 35p for an MMS. So to send pictures to anyone you needed an internet connected messenger.

SMS/MMS effectively died here.

So if I want to communicate everyone uses WhatsApp or iMessage

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I love proton but I'd rather use SMS every damn day than WhatsApp

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter what you or I want if people are on WhatsApp, and you want to talk to them, you have to use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can always use SMS or email, every user has access to one of those services, they just aren't as quick or convenient as data mining shit-apps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

they just aren't as quick or convenient

Yeah because that's not at all important in communicating with the general population

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Problem is people expect a much richer media experience than SMS.

It would be really weird to SMS some to say oh check your emails I sent you a cool meme.