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It was, but was long charged per message, so things like WhatsApp were quickly appealing, also for group chat, that SMS never did
by mcfedr 3y ago
It was, but was long charged per message, so things like WhatsApp were quickly appealing, also for group chat, that SMS never did
- kelnos 3y agoThe interesting thing is that this was the case in the US as well (and, even worse: we continued with our strange custom of charging both for sending and receiving a message). I don't recall when carriers here started rolling out unlimited texting plans at prices that made it a no-brainer for most people. Maybe that was earlier here than elsewhere, which drove people elsewhere to find alternatives, but made it not a big deal to stick with SMS here. (I dated someone for a while who had this very old grandfathered phone plan that she liked, which didn't include unlimited SMS. This was in 2016-2018; at the time she was the only person I used Whatsapp to text with.)