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Re:Gchat Was the Future of Messaging, but Google Didn’t Know by wodenokoto on Sunday May 29, 2016 @03:19PM (#11797797)
I think this theory is quite solid. For some reason denmark has always (or at least for a very long time) had unlimited sms/mms in most subscriptions.

We also have a low WhatsApp adoption rate. Lately fb-messenger is winning territority (and so is snapchat, but for other reasons), since it offers good group chat on top of a service that already covers north of 80% of the entire population.

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Re:Gchat Was the Future of Messaging, but Google Didn’t Know by patrickk on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:25AM (#11805729)
In Germany, the mobile plans are extremely stingy with minutes, SMS and data for some reason. I personally use Telegram (trying to convert friends to it), WhatsApp (everyone is on it), FB Messenger (everyone is there), iMessage occasionally, Skype for Voip, and I've stopped using Viber as no one seems to use it anymore (it was extremely popular about 2-3 years ago though).
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