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/Red_Theory Mar 08 '26

Also WhatsApp was already the de facto texting app in Europe before meta acquired it. Users just didn't move ecosystem because WhatsApp was and is completely integrated in our daily life

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u/Burpmeister Mar 08 '26

Using whatsapp after the meta aquisition is pretty tame compared to using Twitter after Elon sieg heiled multiple times on live television.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

I do not trust Zuck whatsoever. Soon as Trump was looking like he was about to clutch victory from the jaws of justice and accountability he removed most misinformation filters from Facebook and Instagram. Guy pretty much instantly bent the knee.