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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by oulu2006 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:20PM (#39786481)
The rest of the world does WhatsApp, Australia/NZ/Southeast Asia/almost all of South America, it's massive.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by MetallicCloud on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:15PM (#39787135)
As an Australian, is this true? Granted, I grew up rural in Victoria, but I don't know anyone who uses it.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by troad on Friday March 22, 2024 @05:54AM (#39788979)
It's definitely not true for Australia. WhatsApp use is marginal at best.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by vishnugupta on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:19AM (#39787672)
You can add India to the list. WhatsApp is so popular here that people talk of recharging WhatsApp when they actually mean paying their mobile internet bill.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by yterdy on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:16AM (#39791548)
Africa runs on WhatsApp (atleast, West Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Tanzania...) IME.
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