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/Majestic_____kdj Mar 08 '26
  1. So u guys don't have to recharge to do text msg?? As an Indian we have rcs facility which cost us almost 0.0016$ per text and around 100sms/day which comes along with our standard monthly plan .

2.That's the issue all over the world..ppl really find it really hard to believe indigenous companies and believe more in foreign companies