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WhatsApp didn't replace internet chatting. It replaced (or maybe I should say "disrupted") SMS, and perhaps more importantly, MMS. There are two reasons: it's f
by enraged_camel 9y ago
WhatsApp didn't replace internet chatting. It replaced (or maybe I should say "disrupted") SMS, and perhaps more importantly, MMS. There are two reasons: it's free, and the UX is far superior in that it mimicks how humans, especially groups of humans, communicate.
- lou1306 9y agoEven though it was not free until some years ago, the price was so ridicolous that people were happy to pay for the service.
- fgonzag 9y agoThey never actually charged it though, you didn't actually have to pay it.
- tim333 9y agoI recall being annoyed at having to pay 79c for the iPhone app some years ago.
- endless1234 9y agoThe iOS app cost 1 euro for a perpetual license and there was at least an option of charging 1e/year for the android one -- don't know if it was ever tried out, though
- shawabawa3 9y agoI paid $1 at some point. Maybe they would have let me keep using it for free, but it did ask for payment and i paid
- knodi123 9y ago> There are two reasons Three. For some reason, two of the people I text most will not receive any subsequent group texts as soon as any member of the group includes an image. And two different members of my text circle cannot do group SMS, so group SMS conversations wind up being super confusing. This appears to vary by phone and provider. Whatsapp works exactly the same for everyone I know, on every device, all the time.