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You need to move a little bit out of Europe for WhatsApp to be all encompassing. In Dubai almost half my bank correspondence has been on WhatsApp. Guy asks me
by wodenokoto 5y ago
You need to move a little bit out of Europe for WhatsApp to be all encompassing.
In Dubai almost half my bank correspondence has been on WhatsApp. Guy asks me which credit card I want and starts sending me snapshots of a printed brochure.
Advertisements have WhatsApp contact information listed, most businesses has a chat line open in WhatsApp. Delivery drivers will text you on WhatsApp if they have trouble finding your place. It’s really everywhere and that is despite the fact that phone calls on WhatsApp are blocked.
But it’s not like people aren’t on Facebook or nobody snaps or anything.
And of course, in China it’s WeChat, Japan and Taiwan it’s Line and I think South Korea still live and breathe through kakaotalk.
But for the majority of the world WhatsApp is really the first line of contact.
- paganel 5y agoWhatsApp rules in Eastern Europe, too, at least in Romania (where I live). This whole "blue bubble" thing is a little bit confusing to me, I do own an iPhone and it bugs me the wrong way that sending a SMS is not really sending a SMS, it's first trying to do it via web and only then go the old, SMS way.
- kergonath 5y ago> it bugs me the wrong way that sending a SMS is not really sending a SMS, it's first trying to do it via web and only then go the old, SMS way AFAIK it’s sending it over the Internet, but not over the web ;) If it annoys you, you can disable it easily in your devices’ settings. Personally I don’t care much, and iMessages instead of SMS is convenient for mates in the US or Australia.
- paganel 5y agoTIL, thanks. I only use it from time to time when communicating with my SO, didn't know I had that option available.