• @KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca
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    47 months ago

    It’s not useless in western countries. We don’t all have our entire country communicating via Metas WhatsApp lol

    • voxel
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      7 months ago

      i live in Ukraine and I don’t know anyone who uses sms.
      also Whatsapp is not prevalent here either, basically everyone is using Telegram (or in case of older population, viber, which is installed on like 90% of devices)

      are there any countries in which sms is still used?

    • @onlinepersona@programming.dev
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      27 months ago

      Do you maybe mean USA when you say “western country”? Living in Europe, I don’t know a single person who uses SMS for communication.

      • @KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca
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        -17 months ago

        Exactly.

        I also prefer not to have one of the most garbage companies apps on my phone (WhatsApp). The messages may be encrypted, but the location data and storage permissions you’re giving it aren’t.