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Everyone in the US (if there is at least one android user in the chat)

by s17n 4y ago

KMnO4 4y ago
I have dozens of group chats with iPhone, Android, and even PC users. We never encounter any of the limitations of SMS, for the same reason we can drive across the country and don’t have to constantly scan for new radio channels. It’s just not a technology that we use. SMS is the old, WhatsApp/Telegram/Messenger/Signal/Discord/etc is the new.
- timdavila 4y ago
  So I have to replace the native messaging app that's decentralized, well proven, reliable, and pre-installed on every phone that can communicate with anyone in the world for 5 different centralized apps from the app store that may or may not exist next year and also try to move my entire network over? No thanks, I'll stick to SMS.
  - ZacharyPitts 4y ago
    SMS that is not usable from all my other non-phone computers! For this reason alone, I greatly prefer iMessage/discord/slack/whateverIsNext so I can use it on my phone and my computers.
    - timdavila 4y ago
      I use iMessage. It's great, and doesn't get in the way. And as I said it's included on my phone. It also allows me to communicate with anyone and I don't have to think about if the person I'm contacting has it installed or not, it gracefully degrades to SMS when needed. That's a great messaging app!
    - kelnos 4y ago
      While I do have browser tabs open for WhatsApp, Google Chat, and GroupMe, as well as the Signal desktop app running, most people I know do not do this, and do most/all of their messaging from their phone. I get that's not your experience, but it is indeed an experience that exists, and is probably fairly common.
trebbble 4y ago
US here. On the old end of "millennial", if that matters. More than 95% of my personal communication with other humans I know (remote communication, that is, not in-person, obviously) is in WhatsApp. The rest is phone and SMS and that's all older family. SMS, like email, is mainly for machines to talk to me.
- caseyohara 4y ago
  > More than 95% of my personal communication ... is in WhatsApp This is wild to me. I'm squarely in the middle of the millennial generation and I've never used WhatsApp and I've never known anyone that uses it. Nearly all of my personal communication is through Messages on my iPhone/iPad/Mac.
  - kookamamie 4y ago
    You must live in a very special bubble then, given that Android's market share is currently at 72 %.
    - caseyohara 4y ago
      72% globally, sure. iOS dominates where I live https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-sta... I would estimate iOS has 99% market share among my social network, including nuclear and extended family. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a green bubble.
- Evidlo 4y ago
  That sounds horrible to be so locked-in.
  - trebbble 4y ago
    We're not, so it isn't.
    - 4y ago
baby 4y ago
I’m in the US and everyone I know uses whatsapp

Everyone in the US (if there is at least one android user in the chat)

by s17n 4y ago

Everyone in the US (if there is at least one android user in the chat)

I have dozens of group chats with iPhone, Android, and even PC users. We never encounter any of the limitations of SMS, for the same reason we can drive across the country and don’t have to constantly scan for new radio channels. It’s just not a technology that we use. SMS is the old, WhatsApp/Telegram/Messenger/Signal/Discord/etc is the new.

timdavila 4y ago
So I have to replace the native messaging app that's decentralized, well proven, reliable, and pre-installed on every phone that can communicate with anyone in the world for 5 different centralized apps from the app store that may or may not exist next year and also try to move my entire network over? No thanks, I'll stick to SMS.
- ZacharyPitts 4y ago
  SMS that is not usable from all my other non-phone computers! For this reason alone, I greatly prefer iMessage/discord/slack/whateverIsNext so I can use it on my phone and my computers.
  - timdavila 4y ago
    I use iMessage. It's great, and doesn't get in the way. And as I said it's included on my phone. It also allows me to communicate with anyone and I don't have to think about if the person I'm contacting has it installed or not, it gracefully degrades to SMS when needed. That's a great messaging app!
  - kelnos 4y ago
    While I do have browser tabs open for WhatsApp, Google Chat, and GroupMe, as well as the Signal desktop app running, most people I know do not do this, and do most/all of their messaging from their phone. I get that's not your experience, but it is indeed an experience that exists, and is probably fairly common.

trebbble 4y ago

US here. On the old end of "millennial", if that matters. More than 95% of my personal communication with other humans I know (remote communication, that is, not in-person, obviously) is in WhatsApp. The rest is phone and SMS and that's all older family. SMS, like email, is mainly for machines to talk to me.

caseyohara 4y ago
> More than 95% of my personal communication ... is in WhatsApp This is wild to me. I'm squarely in the middle of the millennial generation and I've never used WhatsApp and I've never known anyone that uses it. Nearly all of my personal communication is through Messages on my iPhone/iPad/Mac.
- kookamamie 4y ago
  You must live in a very special bubble then, given that Android's market share is currently at 72 %.
  - caseyohara 4y ago
    72% globally, sure. iOS dominates where I live https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-sta... I would estimate iOS has 99% market share among my social network, including nuclear and extended family. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a green bubble.
Evidlo 4y ago
That sounds horrible to be so locked-in.
- trebbble 4y ago
  We're not, so it isn't.
  - 4y ago

baby 4y ago

I’m in the US and everyone I know uses whatsapp