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comment by veen
veen  ·  3226 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Snapchat could become the standard messaging app.

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.