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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by IshKebab on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:35AM (#42078176)
Well, most countries have a single instant messaging app (usually WhatsApp) that's dominant now so there's no big need for it I guess.
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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by darreninthenet on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:07PM (#42078541)
But dominant doesn't mean it's the only one... most of my friends are on WhatsApp, but I use iMessage to talk to my wife (unless it's a group of friends then it's back to WhatsApp), apart from one or two friends who aren't o ln WhatsApp and then I use FB messenger... we have one gaming group with one guy not on FB and one guy not on WhatsApp, so I'm the meatware bridge between them.

And then I have people who only use Discord...

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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by cesarb on Thursday November 07, 2024 @01:07PM (#42079170)
> most of my friends are on WhatsApp, but I use iMessage to talk to my wife [...] apart from one or two friends who aren't o ln WhatsApp [...]

As shown in a more visual way: https://xkcd.com/1810/

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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by IshKebab on Thursday November 07, 2024 @02:25PM (#42079954)
> But dominant doesn't mean it's the only one

It often does. Check out these statistics:

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

This is likely a huge underestimate too. They put UK at 71% but in practice it's used by everyone. You'd be a weirdo not to have WhatsApp in the UK, like not owning a smartphone.

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