Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?

the_q@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  WhatsApp has been around for a few minutes more than Signal.

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  • scrion@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not really, no. Signal was released more or less exactly a year later than WhatsApp (May 2010 vs May 2009), which, if you look at the 17 years since then, doesn’t really matter that much.

    However, broad adoption rates in messaging apps are typically achieved by e. g. funny emoji sets vs. encryption, and the early versions of Signal were pretty barebone.

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    • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe I should have said “what’s app gained popularity earlier”

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Also “WhatsApp’s business model made it marginally easier to use because they don’t care about privacy”

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  • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At least 5

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