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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down by distances on Saturday April 27, 2024 @04:21PM (#40183124)
Every country in Europe I'm familiar with has free texts, but I think I can count with one hand the SMS I've received in the last ~10 years from actual people. Absolutely nobody sends SMS over here.

Might be that US got the free texts first though. Not sure anymore what was the timeline with that.

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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down by imchillyb on Sunday April 28, 2024 @12:11AM (#40185918)
When Whatsapp was released, free text messaging was not a thing for most of europe. The USA had long since ditched charging for sms messaging by that point, so the attractiveness of a free communications app wasn't there.

Also, there are carriers in europe that offer bundle discounts and better data packages for opting out of sms altogether.

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