I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?

  • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I would like to say because we are smart enough not to use any programs or apps made by the Facebook company, who is notorious for spying on people in every way possible, but that is not the case for a lot of NA residents. It is the reason that I’ve never used it though. Also because Signal Messenger exists and is better in every way than Whatsapp.

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      7 months ago

      When WhatsApp got popular in Europe it wasn’t owned by Facebook yet, they only acquired it after it was already the ‘default’ messaging app.

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        7 months ago

        It’s not an insane notion if you actually read the whole sentence, and understand what it means. “but that is not the case for a lot of NA residents” is important to the meaning of that sentence.

        EDIT: anyone who downvoted this needs to work on their reading comprehension, because you must be mad you couldn’t understand what you read that I wrote, which was accurate