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1. linuxd+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-16 17:11:41
No, WhatsApp won because it successfully replicated and replaced the SMS experience in the developing world, where the cost of data was dirt cheap in comparison to the cost of a single SMS message.

This is why it still has a stronghold as well…

replies(2): >>dzikim+W >>zamale+ZG3
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2. dzikim+W[view] [source] 2023-11-16 17:14:49
>>linuxd+(OP)
Experience on WhatsApp, Telegram or any other IM is vastly better than SMS. Unless by SMS you mean iMessage - then it's even simpler - most of the world doesn't use iPhones.
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3. dghlsa+l3[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-16 17:22:33
>>dzikim+W
I think that's the gp's point.

Given the choice between SMS and a service that provides the same functionality is free, superior in most ways, borderless, etc. the choice to use whatsapp is obvious.

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4. zamale+ZG3[view] [source] 2023-11-17 17:07:38
>>linuxd+(OP)
Mxit existed long before WhatsApp. Possibly a decade. I used it in the developing world and it wasn't anywhere nearly as successful as WhatsApp. For example, nobody in my family used it.
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