Comment by Salgat
2 years ago
Part of that is that outside the US, iPhone isn't as dominant in the market, so their anticompetitive tactics don't work as well.
2 years ago
Part of that is that outside the US, iPhone isn't as dominant in the market, so their anticompetitive tactics don't work as well.
Nobody uses iMessage outside the US, by choice, even in iPhone-dominated markets. So clearly it's possible to avoid it. US iPhone users have the same choice.
Do you have an example of a place that has a similar rate of usage for iPhones but primarily uses WhatsApp for texting? In the US the rate is 87% for teenagers, I'm surprised it's that high elsewhere.
Bear in mind that WhatsApp adoption is often driven by the costs involved with SMS especially when sending to an international number.
WhatsApp also enable free international voip calls.
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iPhone has 51% market share in Japan across all age group[1] (and even as high as 84.8% in some demographic[2]). From my 5 years of living here, I’ve never seen anyone use iMessage even once. The dominant messaging app is LINE.
[1]: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prAP51933524
[2]: https://japantoday.com/category/tech/study-shows-iphone-the-...
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I don’t as I don’t know the numbers, but note also the US is a rich country.