I don't have to worry about where the other person is; I can send WhatsApp messages to my family back in the US, or to friends here in the Netherlands, but it d

I don't have to worry about where the other person is; I can send WhatsApp messages to my family back in the US, or to friends here in the Netherlands, but it doesn't cost me anything. SMS to local numbers is free, but it's not free to send an SMS to the US