5 ms·

That is definitely not universal - I've never used it, and it seems to be just for teenagers in my area. (Rural Midwestern USA)

• carlosjobim 2y ago
  South America: Whatsapp Northern Europe: Facebook messenger United States: SMS/iMessage
  • meiraleal 2y ago
    which is quite fun. Does SMS/iMessage support groups, bots or any kind of automation? Americans stopped in the stone age.
    • BOOSTERHIDROGEN 2y ago
      That is why Discord is huge in US while the rest of the world telegram, fb, WhatsApp.
    • codingdave 2y ago
      > stopped in the stone age. And pleasantly so. I actually barely even text - I tell friends to send me an email, or even better just show up at my door and we'll hang out. I get that I'm an outlier, but I enjoy having my digital communications be for work, and my "real" life being offline.
    • dyingkneepad 2y ago
      My country only didn't settle for SMS because you still have to pay per message, where WhatsApp is free.
    • deleted 2y ago
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    • simfree 2y ago
      MMS is part of standard cellphone plans and supports group messaging. Most people can't tell when they are sending a SMS or MMS, it just works. That your carrier had such abusive SMS & MMS rates that it pushed people to Over The Top apps is concerning, and raises notable digital sovereignty and Telecom regulation questions about where your local telecom regulator failed.
      • meiraleal 2y ago
        That's an interesting perspective. So Americans are stuck with a non-evolving protocol because telecom regulation worked well? I'm glad ours didn't.
  • simonebrunozzi 2y ago
    Southern Europe: WhatsApp