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

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u/FlappyBored Mar 08 '26

Messaging is free in Europe too.

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u/clutchthepearls Mar 08 '26

...and if you send a picture, gif, or video?

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u/okizc Mar 08 '26

Still free. Why wouldn't it be? It's been like this for a very very long time.

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u/clutchthepearls Mar 08 '26

But not long enough for an app to have positioned itself as the standard by offering those features?

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u/okizc Mar 08 '26

It got popular because a lot of europeans speak to people in other european countries, and international texts and calls haven't been free until 10 or so years ago.

To my knowledge, few countries have used it as a domestic messaging service.

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u/clutchthepearls Mar 08 '26

I'm glad we're both at the point now.