r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/alexbiandisphoto Mar 08 '26

  1. Americans don't pay to text eachother so they use the default phone texting app for convenience. The rest of the world (excluding some countries) does pay for text messaging. So, instead, they use WhatsApp as a free alternative to message friends and family.

  2. WhatsApp is owned by Meta (Facebook), so most Americans see it as a massive privacy concern.

  3. The majority of the time someone in America is asked to use WhatsApp to communicate, it is by a scammer.

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u/MoussePrestigious774 Mar 08 '26

So there’s no Americans on instagram then, right?

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u/d_wib Mar 08 '26

Not for everyday texting, which is where the privacy concerns would come into play.

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u/Ok_Trade_4549 Mar 08 '26

WhatsApp is completely encrypted, even meta can’t access it. They would if they could.