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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by floatboth on Saturday August 29, 2020 @05:26AM (#24314875)
That must be a US-only thing. In the rest of the world everyone uses WhatsApp/Telegram/Viber/etc (WeChat in China) and iMessage is not popular at all.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by sgt on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:40AM (#24315178)
That's not always true though. Although WhatsApp is very popular here in South Africa, I use iMessage most of the time because most friends/colleagues/family have iPhones.

And honestly I have switched off notifications on WhatsApp (I cannot recommend this highly enough!) so that's the only quick way to reach me. I am sure others do the same.

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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by hu3 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:38AM (#24316827)
Your bubble is not representative of South Africa mobile market:

    Android 85%
    iOS 15%
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/south-afri...
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by sgt on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:56PM (#24317472)
Indeed. Of course it has to be pointed out that 70% of the population can barely afford a smartphone, so they get the cheapest ones, which are obviously not going to be an iPhone.
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