speedythefirst@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down15
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhy does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?speedythefirst@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAnd the reverse of that is true in the us. I don’t know anyone who uses that app, so I won’t. Actually it’s true in a general sense as well: there’s never been sufficient people on any specific app to make me want to use it
minus-squareApytele@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThe part of the US I’m in its associated with sketchy dudes cheating on their girlfriends. Or maybe that’s just my social circle.
Network effect.
And the reverse of that is true in the us. I don’t know anyone who uses that app, so I won’t. Actually it’s true in a general sense as well: there’s never been sufficient people on any specific app to make me want to use it
The part of the US I’m in its associated with sketchy dudes cheating on their girlfriends. Or maybe that’s just my social circle.