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That's interesting, here we use SMS so nobody is left out. You don't have to download an app for it and just about every plan for the last decade has had unlimi
by jedieaston 7y ago
That's interesting, here we use SMS so nobody is left out. You don't have to download an app for it and just about every plan for the last decade has had unlimited texting (or a ridiculously high limit).
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoYeah, but you can't easily create and manage groups with SMS or share photos and videos conveniently and absolutely everyone owns a smartphone now from the wealthy to homeless people so downloading a cross platform app is not a barrier
- ido 7y agoI think still the biggest effect (e.g. for my parents when they started using whatsapp a few years ago) is that it was free & sms wasn't.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoYes, whatsapp was the first nice and easy to use free Multimedia Messaging Service worldwide. It was so refreshing to be able to send messages to anywhere In the world and not worry about international charges. Also it was mostly spam free due to being tied to a phone number.
- sangnoir 7y agoWhatsApp ran quite well on Nokia's S40 for many years - so even those with 3-day battery, $20 featurephones could use it. Unfortunately, after the Facebook acquisition they deprecated support in favor of feature-bloat based on smartphone capabilities (IMO)