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> It depends on who you ask but Telegram and Signal are just as popular. It depends on the countries. Some countries in Europe use Telegram and Messenger a lot
by piaste 5y ago
> It depends on who you ask but Telegram and Signal are just as popular.
It depends on the countries. Some countries in Europe use Telegram and Messenger a lot (never heard of any where Signal is popular), others are virtually a WhatsApp monoculture.
Not that it matters much. Using phone numbers as ID makes things relatively portable: it makes it much easier to adopt a new app, but if Whatsapp shut down tomorrow everyone would be able to easily find each other on Telegram/Signal. Very different from rebuilding a social network from scratch.
- herbst 5y agoI can't remember the last time someone asked or even mentioned messenger. So yeah it really depends on the country, the circle you are in and more. But good point. Even thought I don't like the number requirement it will and does it make it easy for people to change.