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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·13 days ago WhatsApp Not in the US, pretty much nobody uses it here. Which is really odd to me, since it’s so prevalent elsewhere.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 days agoIIRC it’s because US cell carriers don’t charge as much as others for sending and receiving SMS
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoThat makes sense, SMS is essentially free here.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoThat’s definitely part of it, but I think a bigger contributor is iMessage. iPhones have a dominant market share in the US and iMessage has been the gold standard for a long time and it doesn’t even use the SMS system.
Not in the US, pretty much nobody uses it here. Which is really odd to me, since it’s so prevalent elsewhere.
IIRC it’s because US cell carriers don’t charge as much as others for sending and receiving SMS
That makes sense, SMS is essentially free here.
That’s definitely part of it, but I think a bigger contributor is iMessage. iPhones have a dominant market share in the US and iMessage has been the gold standard for a long time and it doesn’t even use the SMS system.