WhatsApp goes down for users globally

Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by jdlyga on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:21AM (#33330810)

I'm amazed people still use WhatsApp. We mostly abandoned it in the United States back in the mid 2010's. I mostly use it with friends over in european countries, just like I do with people in China with WeChat.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by haolez on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:27AM (#33330893)

In Brazil, not using WhatsApp can be considered an anti-social stance at this point. My business partners would think that I'm a weird person.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by newhotelowner on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:31AM (#33330946)

India runs on Whatsapp!

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by coolca on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:25AM (#33330867)

How do you message with non iPhone users? SMS is very limited in function.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by galleywest200 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:26AM (#33330877)

Signal, Telegram, Discord, etc. Tons of options besides iMessage.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by petesergeant on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:26AM (#33330876)

Here in Dubai, life runs on WhatsApp.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by sergiomattei on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:28AM (#33330907)

Latin America runs on WhatsApp

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by stoeckley on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:29AM (#33330915)

As do many other countries. You really cannot live without it in much of the world.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by llagerlof on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:05AM (#33331523)

What instant messaging app do americans use? Just plain SMS/MMS?

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by stiltzkin on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:16PM (#33332623)

You still use SMS, rest of the world mostly abandoned it.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by jmcnulty on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:15AM (#33340379)

Like most of your replies, the UK is the same. Its everywhere here.

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