Do YOU AMERICANS not use Whatsapp?

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winstonthewhite
09/06/2023
08:26 AM
#1
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80557324

This topic is very strange, it comes across like you don't use Whatsapp like everyone everywhere else does
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s0nicfan
09/06/2023
08:27 AM
#2
We don't. It's a combination of the fact that there's never been a need, and the fact that most global iPhone users are in the US and iMessage is like a cult.
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Kai_Laguna
09/06/2023
08:28 AM
#3
Because it's controlled by the Zuck?
cousinvini
09/06/2023
08:29 AM
#4
Good thing I'm latino and use WhatsApp, not like those... americans *shivers*
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DnDer
09/06/2023
08:30 AM
#5
Until I took vacations abroad, I only used text and Line (to keep in touch with Japanese friends, specifically).

WhatsApp wasn't a thing I was introduced to until I got off the plane and discovered how very ubiquitous it was everywhere but home.

EDIT: I use it all the time now, and managed to get some family and friends on board.
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R1masher
09/06/2023
08:31 AM
#6
I do, big files go through
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Priere
09/06/2023
08:31 AM
#7
Only time i ever see whatsapp being mentioned is when someone is trying to run some kind of scam.
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brestugo
09/06/2023
08:31 AM
#9
I only use it with friends in/from Europe and Latin America. Never thought about that until now.
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DnDer
09/06/2023
08:34 AM
#10
Priere posted...
Only time i ever see whatsapp being mentioned is when someone is trying to run some kind of scam.

That's a telegram thing. Lol
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indica
09/06/2023
08:34 AM
#11
Nearly every American I know uses WhatsApp--it's a Facebook app. I assume it's got the largest user base by population
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MabusIncarnate
09/06/2023
08:35 AM
#12
I do, we have a work chat thing going in one.
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Were_Wyrm
09/06/2023
08:36 AM
#13
Line is where its at
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kurdt032
09/06/2023
08:36 AM
#15
Priere posted...
Only time i ever see whatsapp being mentioned is when someone is trying to run some kind of scam.

Lmao. The textbook American response
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s0nicfan
09/06/2023
08:38 AM
#16
M_Live posted...
I can just text people without using a separate app, don't understand the point

WhatsApp came to popularity as the cheaper alternative back when cell phone companies were charging people by the text still. Then it just became one of those things where everybody had it so everyone else had to use it.
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KainWind
09/06/2023
08:39 AM
#17
I've never really known what it is. I rarely text anyway.
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Dark_Arbron
09/06/2023
08:40 AM
#18
NCloud posted...
Americans are the main character and way too important to do what everyone else does. It was the same story with AIM when the rest of the world used MSN.

American exceptionalism goes way beyond the use of communication apps, sadly.
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_____Cait
09/06/2023
08:41 AM
#19
Most people here in Japan use Line.
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Intro2Logic
09/06/2023
08:42 AM
#20
Priere posted...
Only time i ever see whatsapp being mentioned is when someone is trying to run some kind of scam.
I worked for a company that used WhatsApp, and this totally tracks.
Have you tried thinking rationally?
St0rmFury
09/06/2023
08:46 AM
#21
WhatsApp is the main online messaging app in my country (Malaysia). Even our politicians use it.
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hitokoriX
09/06/2023
09:03 AM
#22
I use whatsapp and kakaotalk, just depends on who i gotta talk to
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DnDer
09/06/2023
09:04 AM
#23
St0rmFury posted...
WhatsApp is the main online messaging app in my country (Malaysia). Even our politicians use it.

Little late, but didn't there were Malaysians here: happy merdeka.
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St0rmFury
09/06/2023
09:05 AM
#24
DnDer posted...
Little late, but didn't there were Malaysians here: happy merdeka.
Thanks brah
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Robot2600
09/06/2023
09:06 AM
#25
we really dont like zuck
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Tenlaar
09/06/2023
09:07 AM
#26
I use it for some work communications because were a global organization and have people moving and working all around the world, sometimes in places where satellite internet is the only available outside communication method.
winstonthewhite
09/06/2023
09:07 AM
#27
St0rmFury posted...
WhatsApp is the main online messaging app in my country (Malaysia). Even our politicians use it.
Where in Malaysia are you from out of interest?
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St0rmFury
09/06/2023
09:09 AM
#28
winstonthewhite posted...
Where in Malaysia are you from out of interest?
KL, been a city boy all my life.
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Jupiter
09/06/2023
09:09 AM
#29
Most people in America only text people in America. Texting to local numbers is usually free, so there wasn't a big need for WhatsApp. I would have thought it was to keep your phone number hidden, but it uses your actual phone number so it didn't matter. I think WhatsApp is popular in other countries because people in other countries frequently chat with people in different countries. I know back when I was in college, international texting wasn't free. I just switched to Verizon a couple months ago and I noticed that one of the things they offered was free international texting.
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brestugo
09/06/2023
05:49 PM
#30
Jupiter posted...
Most people in America only text people in America. Texting to local numbers is usually free, so there wasn't a big need for WhatsApp. I would have thought it was to keep your phone number hidden, but it uses your actual phone number so it didn't matter. I think WhatsApp is popular in other countries because people in other countries frequently chat with people in different countries. I know back when I was in college, international texting wasn't free. I just switched to Verizon a couple months ago and I noticed that one of the things they offered was free international texting.

That's been my experience too.
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Starks
09/06/2023
05:51 PM
#31
It's useful for chatting with people that use iPhones that want to send me photos or images.

I'll be using it extensively when I'm in japan to talk to friends and family.
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PeteyParker
09/06/2023
06:02 PM
#32
I did download it when my friend went to visit her family in Northern Ireland a few months back but then we didn't end up using it because her hotel had wi-fi so I've still never used it.
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Cemith
09/06/2023
06:02 PM
#33
Priere posted...
Only time i ever see whatsapp being mentioned is when someone is trying to run some kind of scam.

This. I've never needed to use Whatsapp as an American
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AloneIBreak
09/06/2023
06:24 PM
#34
iMessage >
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