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aloysius  ·  3198 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Snapchat could become the standard messaging app.

Where are the people you know in the Pacific Rim areas? Because, for example, in Japan, I've been under the impression that Line dominated the messaging app market. I think WhatsApp has failed to control the entire market because there's other apps with different kinds of functionality that different regions prefer.





veen  ·  3198 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here in the Netherlands, which has the highest percentage of WhatsApp users in the world, it got really popular when Internet bundles became much cheaper than sending relatively expensive texts (15-20 cents per text). Which was around 2009 - it's snowballed from there. I literally don't know anyone with a smartphone who I can't Whatsapp.

kleinbl00  ·  3198 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thailand, vietnam, philippines, india.