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Every country in Europe I'm familiar with has free texts, but I think I can count with one hand the SMS I've received in the last ~10 years from actual people.
by distances 2y ago
Every country in Europe I'm familiar with has free texts, but I think I can count with one hand the SMS I've received in the last ~10 years from actual people. Absolutely nobody sends SMS over here.
Might be that US got the free texts first though. Not sure anymore what was the timeline with that.
- imchillyb 2y agoWhen Whatsapp was released, free text messaging was not a thing for most of europe. The USA had long since ditched charging for sms messaging by that point, so the attractiveness of a free communications app wasn't there. Also, there are carriers in europe that offer bundle discounts and better data packages for opting out of sms altogether.