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Re:BBM Available for Android and iPhone by jamesaguilar on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:59PM (#6408103)
I think it's mostly that it was one of the first free, popular messaging services, at a time when text messages in the US were a lot more expensive. I have never used it myself, so I can't say for sure. It does seem fairly irrelevant in the modern day and age.
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Re:BBM Available for Android and iPhone by lesbaker on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:33PM (#6408303)
When you have a family plan with multiple lines, even the first level block text messaging plans add up quickly. (I'm on Verizon in the USA).

I feel the whole text message surcharge system is just a racket, so any way I can beat that is fine by me.

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Re:BBM Available for Android and iPhone by _stuart on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:06PM (#6408149)
Why is it irrelevant? Messaging apps like WhatsApp, KaoKaoTalk, and Viber are hugely popular.
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Re:BBM Available for Android and iPhone by jamesaguilar on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:24PM (#6408249)
Maybe I spoke incautiously. I should have said, "Less relevant." And although I understand these other apps have big user-bases, none of them have anything like the penetration of unlimited SMS, if I had to guess.
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