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0 pointsmantap5y ago0 comments

A lot more than with SMS. You can send someone an SMS but they are not going to respond because either they cost money or they have some tiny allowance of them.

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bvcvbuiy5y ago

Where I live mobile plans include unlimited SMS.

Also I have a dumbphone and I am the only person my friend send SMS too. That makes me quite a unique person !

mantapOP5y ago

The point is that the penetration of WhatsApp is way higher than the penetration of unlimited SMS plans. So whatsapp has broader reach.

SMS only works if you live in a region where unlimited SMS plans are standard AND you don't have any friends outside of that region OR WhatsApp doesn't have market share there. Basically only US.

Stubb5y ago

Or they know that responding via SMS only encourages the use of a messaging system whose time has past.

georgeolaru5y ago

What is the limit of SMS allowance on your network?

milankragujevic5y ago

There are cheap postpaid packages with only data (a lot, >10 GB) and ~100 minutes, SMS is paid per message.

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