Comment by rahkiin
15 hours ago
If you count -all of europe- as a developing country, sure.
In europe we never had free unlimited texts. Internet was cheaper than calling/texting, especially with everyone having wifi at home and work. So a cross-platform messaging app appeared and has replaced text and calling.
Sure, it's not airtight. WhatsApp is popular in Europe. But as an American, when I see somebody say "You can only contact me on WhatsApp", it's not exactly a green text bubble signal.
The entire rest of the world is not just 3rd world countries.
> we never had free unlimited texts. Internet was cheaper than calling/texting
I always found this peculiar, you would think it would be the other way around. I wonder why that is?