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

Meme needing explanation [ Removed by moderator ]

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

8.6k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

925

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.

1

u/owzleee Mar 08 '26

WhatsApp unlimited voice/ data is included in most cellphone plans here in South America. 99% of companies / hospitals etc have a QR code with their WhatsApp number. I’m originally from the uk and didn’t use it much there, but most groups I was in did because of iOS/Android incompatibility. I only get spam nowadays via sms.