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> It was the first easy way to communicate across borders and not have to worry about international charges It was absolutely not. Skype was before, and many o
by capableweb 7y ago
> It was the first easy way to communicate across borders and not have to worry about international charges
It was absolutely not. Skype was before, and many others. If you're talking about general communication applications/medium over internet.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI meant easy way for non computer literate people. You handed someone a phone, installed Whatsapp, it sent the auto verification text and now you could communicate without having to know your own username/password or without have to know someone else’s username. It was seamless, and that’s why it caught on so quick, and requiring the phone number verification made it so there was no spam. The on boarding was so quick and painless, I feel like that’s what made it spread so quickly.