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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by dtech on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:50AM (#36801328)
SMS is cheap now but wasn't universally when Whatsapp gained critical mass.

Nowadays it's mostly about convenience and features compared to SMS, and iPhone has a much smaller marker share in Europe so iMessage isn't a thing.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by meling on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:56AM (#36802402)
I beg to differ. iMessage is definitely quite common in Europe as well.
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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by dtech on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:48PM (#36803227)
iPhone has like a 33% market share so I wouldn't call it common if you can't reach 2 out of 3 people on it at least.

In contrast, in many European countries Whatsapp has 90%+ penetration [1]. Even where it's relatively unused it's more common than iMessage.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311229/whatsapp-usage-m...

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