Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by rezonant on Saturday December 09, 2023 @08:55AM
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All this is fair and your accounting of the reasons for the situation around Europe match my research so far.
I do want to say I've seen some others in this HN story contradict that Europe is as homogenous as your representing here though.
Still though, I looked at Germany's Whatsapp numbers and it's like 68% of the population, ignoring the fact that 1 account is not necessarily 1 person.
That's super dominant compared to the US which is somewhere around 22% with the same account assumption.
Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by ffgjgf1 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:35AM
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> That's super dominant
True. But it’s hard to say to what extent. Many/most people probably have multiple apps installed and use them somewhat regularly in addition to texting/iMessages.
I do want to say I've seen some others in this HN story contradict that Europe is as homogenous as your representing here though.
Still though, I looked at Germany's Whatsapp numbers and it's like 68% of the population, ignoring the fact that 1 account is not necessarily 1 person.
That's super dominant compared to the US which is somewhere around 22% with the same account assumption.