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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by FabHK on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:02PM (#25664658)
In many countries, few people have iPhones, and SMS are costly.
Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by FalconSensei on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:07PM (#25665801)
SMS prices (or 'lack of price') was something that really surprised me after I moved to Canada, as well as phone voicemail.

In Brazil we hurry to turn off the call if it goes into voicemail, as we pay to leave a message AND nobody listens to them because it costs a lot to listen (or at least used to).

Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by anilakar on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:53AM (#25668812)
As someone whose mobile data plan is faster than home wi-fi and who does not pay for receiving calls and SMSes, the "fixed landline data first" approach in Android really pisses me off.