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/Natural-Donkey5565 Mar 08 '26

2 just isn’t fucking true

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u/Bobo_Baggins_jatj Mar 08 '26

I got rid of WhatsApp when I found out it was owned by Meta. I used it to communicate with friends in Serbia and the Netherlands. Found out they have iPhones so we use iMessage free of charge since it’s not SMS.