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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (24 children)

I assume you're American? When you need to talk to people across borders you need something like WhatsApp. SMS doesn't cut it.

I'd rather use Signal but whatever.. I'm being practical. Everyone I know is on WhatsApp.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

The moment when I hear someone talking about SMS it is almost always an American. Can’t recall the last time I sent a text message to someone like that, wouldn’t surprise me if it was 10 years ago (for context: am Dutch)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think there is plenty of SMS usage in Europe.

It's easy as a technically savy user to lose sight on what less proficient users are using.

Yes, my parents both use perfectly fine their WhatsApp but they still send/receive a lot of SMS.

For context, I'm in France.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That’s interesting. I know a lot of people who WhatsApp with their grandparents though. All you have to do is install it on their phones once and then their phone becomes “the WhatsApp” in my experience

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