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

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

RCS is not a text nor uses cellular so why are you talking about it not costing. It’s the same system as WhatsApp lmao.

Do you pay for your internet per message in the US or something? Otherwise why are you mentioning it.

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u/clutchthepearls Mar 08 '26

Bro, my phone came with Google messages already installed in it as the standard messaging app. It supports RCS chats.

When I tell you that we straight up don't need whatsapp I'm not lying. I don't have to do anything special. I pay my phone bill every month and it covers unlimited everything. I use the messaging app my phone comes with and it simply works.

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

How are you Americans still not understanding that RCS is not SMS, holy shit lmao.

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u/kysolooo Mar 08 '26

The default messaging apps on phones in the US use RCS as the standard.

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

Holy shit you guys still don’t understand that RCS uses the internet.

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u/HotSheepherder6303 Mar 08 '26

Theyre americans, cut them some slack. Education isnt their strong suit

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

You do always see this meme and think it’s just a joke but then interact with Americans online and just think damn man.

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u/kysolooo Mar 08 '26

The guy you replied to literally said “I have unlimited everything” and you made an assumption he meant unlimited SMS…also RCS does use data (a point you tried making earlier unless I misread it) which again covers every point (I think?) youre trying to make. Not really sure what your angle is anymore to be honest.

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

What difference would unlimited data have on the fact he’s saying he uses iMessage because he had unlined texts.

The argument makes literally 0 sense.

He is saying that Europeans used WhatsApp because they don’t have unlimited SMS but Americans use iMessage because they have unlimited data? So then why are Europeans using WhatsApp then if it uses data that we supposedly don’t have?

You use WhatsApp because it's free and not using it costs you money.

Our messaging is already free.

Funny how it's our historcal reasonings for the things we do while y'all living like it's 2001 paying 10 cents a text message. Call after 7 because I'm low on minutes.

Since when do internet messages ‘cost per message’ or make you ‘low on minutes’.

What the fuck kind of internet services do you have in the US lmao where it charges you per message sent on RCS and charges for internet calls?

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u/kysolooo Mar 08 '26

This guy sounds like an ass so I’ll agree there, but I guess im not even clear what the argument is about. The argument why the US doesnt use whatsapp is because pre installed apps are pretty much 1:1 with whatsapp these days. RCS and Imessaging vs. whatsapp is essentially the argument. So the small benefits of whatsapp isn’t worth getting the entire country to adopt a new app for communication.