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People barely use SMS outside of US. I haven't heard of green bubbles until US kids started crying
by nixass 4y ago
People barely use SMS outside of US.
I haven't heard of green bubbles until US kids started crying
- rconti 4y agoUsed to be that SMS was popular everywhere EXCEPT the US! We finally caught up, and everyone left us behind again. I suspect the primary reason is it's a big country, and texting nationwide has been effectively free for a long time. Roaming/international calling and texting has been a disaster in Europe forever, and more people are texting across national boundaries there, so there was more of a reason to switch to something like WhatsApp. Also, related, data service has been expensive in the US for a long time. Messenger apps in the US are most popular among those with family ties across international borders.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI try and convince people I talk to regularly to use anything other than SMS. Whatsapp, Signal, even encrypted FB Messenger.
- akmarinov 4y agoYeah because SMS costs money, it used to be significant that’s why “free” texting apps pretty much killed it in countries where you didn’t get a ton of free texts or weren’t as wealthy.