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Whatsapp is popular outside the US, because many of us pay 10cents per sms.
by anotheryou 11y ago
Whatsapp is popular outside the US, because many of us pay 10cents per sms.
- pjlegato 11y agoExactly. Texts are either free or extremely cheap for almost all cell phone plans sold in the US. Providers in many other countries are still attempting to engage in rent-seeking behavior by levying absurdly high fees to send texts (relative to what it costs them to send the text). It seems that US providers got over that about 10 years ago. As a result, people in those areas are simply ignoring text messaging and using WhatsApp instead.
- gtf21 11y agoUnsure - texts have been free in the UK for years and the majority of the people I know use WhatsApp. I started using it instead of Apple's iMessage because it's just more reliable and universal.
- SlashmanX 11y agoTexts are mostly free in Ireland (depending on plan etc) and WhatsApp is huge here.