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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?

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[–] lordmauve@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Wait, what do Americans use? Only Signal and Telegram?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

SMS and iMessage.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

I have never "used a chat app" ever until I made friends in Europe. I just used the OS messaging. Which I assume means SMS.