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svachalekyesterday at 4:05 PM1 replyview on HN

WhatsApp is very much a geography thing; it's pretty ubiquitous in many countries but relatively unknown in the US.


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ghaffyesterday at 4:11 PM

I think that's probably true although I've had even US people argue with me that "everyone they know" uses WhatsApp. I do think it's the case that SMS became basically free in the US sooner than other places and therefore it became the default in the US whatever encryption or other details.