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Line is a fad like Facebook is a fad then. Pretty much every single person in Japan with a smartphone has the app and it is the standard way to communicate. I d
by Larrikin 10y ago
Line is a fad like Facebook is a fad then. Pretty much every single person in Japan with a smartphone has the app and it is the standard way to communicate. I didn't need a phone plan when I lived there because I ended up making maybe 5 actual phone calls over the course of 3 years because LINE totally served my needs.
The only people I met with a Facebook were people who liked traveling and were actively looking for English speaking friends.
- brobinson 10y agoAlmost every person in Taiwan has LINE, too. Something like 75% of the country has an account.
- mrtron 10y agoAnd everyone who communicates with people in Taiwan. Sticker sets are shockingly popular with the 40+ crowd.
- reustle 10y agoThis is also the case in countries down south like Thailand. Everyone who is anyone is on LINE, and businesses display their LINE ID before anything else.
- inthaiguy 10y agoLine ID + FB page and now more often Instagram.
- kalleboo 10y ago> I didn't need a phone plan when I lived there because I ended up making maybe 5 actual phone calls over the course of 3 years because LINE totally served my needs. And of course LINE has now announced their own MVNO where you get unlimited LINE for 500 yen/mo...