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I think what happened is that Americans got unlimited SMS plans meaning they got used to just communicating by SMS. Europe got WhatsApp to deal with wild SMS pr
by rtpg 3y ago
I think what happened is that Americans got unlimited SMS plans meaning they got used to just communicating by SMS. Europe got WhatsApp to deal with wild SMS pricing. So Europeans moved over to WhatsApp etc. Americans continued using SMS. Apple took advantage of this with iMessage silently upgrading stuff to their protocol. On top of this iPhone penetration in many places in the US is much higher I think.
- simonklitj 3y agoWild SMS pricing in Europe? Unlimited SMS has been the default in Denmark for at least 15 years.
- vincentkriek 3y agoIn the Netherlands WhatsApp became popular because they offered free SMS.
- Longhanks 3y agoWell, Denmark is not the whole of Europe. In Switzerland, free texts to non-Swiss numbers is expensive/rather uncommon. Instant Messaging is free to anyone the the world. Thus, SMS are dead (except for 2FA).