I think people who downvoted you did so after reading just your first sentence and not the entire comment. Outside of USA, I don't think anybody uses SMS for an

I think people who downvoted you did so after reading just your first sentence and not the entire comment. Outside of USA, I don't think anybody uses SMS for anything other than the occasional OTP or bank message. In India, nobody used anything other than WhatsApp till a few years ago. Now, teenagers use Instagram's chat feature and WhatsApp, and middle-aged adults use FB Messenger and WhatsApp.