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This is because the US is the only country that kept using SMS.
by pier25 5y ago
This is because the US is the only country that kept using SMS.
- cblconfederate 5y agoApple has a large share of the us market, not elsewhere
- Hamuko 5y agoNot true. Apple might actually have a larger marketshare in Japan than it does in the US, but absolutely no one in Japan is using iMessage. https://www.pcmag.com/news/ios-more-popular-in-japan-and-us-android-dominates-in-china-and-india https://www.pcmag.com/news/ios-more-popular-in-japan-and-us-...
- quickthrowman 5y agoEveryone else decided to use a proprietary app owned by Facebook. That seems far worse to me, I’ll take sms/mms any day of the week.
- lillecarl 5y agoWith end to end encryption, this is important to remember too. And it wasn't owned by Facebook when it started gaining traction. Don't make the US decision seem smarter.
- quickthrowman 5y agoYou make a good point about the mass adoption mostly happening before FB took ownership. Back then, Whatsapp was definitely a better choice for a lot of non-US places vs paying for SMS, and perhaps it is even now. iMessage has E2E encryption, but regular SMS doesn’t so WhatsApp seems better in that case as well.
- BbzzbB 5y agoIt more than quadrupled since the acquisition, hardly "mostly before FB".
- Youden 5y agoIt wasn't owned by Facebook when people decided to use it. Facebook bought it after it became popular.
- pier25 5y ago> I’ll take sms/mms any day of the week That's because in the US there were unlimited SMS plans. In other countries they used to charge per message.
- giuliomagnifico 5y agoAlso in Italy we use a lot the sms. Since they’re free for almost everyone with all the mobile phone plans.