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The Europeans tended to lock themselves into Blackberry Messenger for the same reason Americans initially locked themselves into iMessage. At the time, the alt
by GeekyBear 6y ago
The Europeans tended to lock themselves into Blackberry Messenger for the same reason Americans initially locked themselves into iMessage.
At the time, the alternative was to either pay a per message fee or pay monthly for an unlimited text messaging plan.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoI never met teens in Europe who wanted to own a BlackBerry. Nokia were the craze then iPhones took over.
- GeekyBear 6y agoDid you not know a single teen in the UK during that period? Unlimited messaging without extra fees was quite a draw.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoUnfortunately I didn't know any teens in the UK Anyway, UK was/is a lot more aligned to the fads in the US than in continental Europe to which I was referring to since the UK is no longer in Europe ;) j.k.
- ulfw 6y agoBlackberry was never as popular in Europe as it was in the US. Also unlimited messaging plans back then weren’t a thing in Europe yet either.