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In China WeChat is the dominant messaging platform, SMS is only used for delivery notifications, spam, etc.
by needlesslygrim 2y ago
In China WeChat is the dominant messaging platform, SMS is only used for delivery notifications, spam, etc.
- Macha 2y agoMy understanding is Line is on top in Japan.
- oska 2y agoI understand that. My point was that the original comment was grossly overstating the supposed 'dominance' of WhatsApp.
- thebytefairy 2y agoThe real point of the original comment was that outside the US iMessage is not dominant and so nobody cares about what color a chat bubble is.
- oska 2y agoI appreciate that I was a bit too confrontational in my first reply and should have just added that WeChat, Line and Telegram are also used (plus many others), not just WhatsApp. Why I think I (over) reacted is that it was, to me, an example of only partial escape from US American insularity. They understood that ppl outside the USA don't use SMS much, but only suggested a US American messaging platform as what was used instead.
- omnimus 2y agoDid we read the same thing? There is nothing about color of chat bubble but there is "they all use WhatsApp". No they don't. Not all. More like half.
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- birksherty 2y agoWhatsapp is dominant in most countries in world, it's not overstating. Your 3 country example mean nothing in comparison.
- omnimus 2y agoIf by most you mean 50% then sure. But the other 50% countries prefer to use different app. Be it Facebook Messenger or Telegram... In my eu country nobody has WhatsApp and its not uncommon. Network effects are at play so it's what became popular first.
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