I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?

  • RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    While I agree iPhone market share in the US plays a role too, WhatsApp came out in 2009 - two years before iMessage was launched.

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      7 months ago

      Native apps like iMessage tend to crush third party apps like WhatsApp and messenger to a point.

      Look at the rise of Internet Explorer and the fall of Netscape on windows. The rise of chrome and safari on Android and Mac respectively