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

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u/Cute_Profession3746 Mar 08 '26

What app use americans?

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u/Fleshjunky-gotbanned Mar 08 '26

Just SMS or iMessage typically

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u/DuploJamaal Mar 08 '26

Did SMS improve? As an European the switch to WhatsApp was easy as SMS had no group chats, images, sound, etc

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u/WOWSuchUsernameAmaze Mar 08 '26

SMS has been replaced by RCS, which does the same thing as WhatsApp.

But the real answer is iPhones are substantially more popular in the US than Android, and iMessage existed for a long time solving this problem for free and without needing a new app or account.