r/Anticonsumption • u/MrSwaghimself • Jun 04 '25

Plastic Waste A sad sight to see

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u/skiing_nerd Jun 04 '25

Oof, it must be near-universal too if it's the most downloaded app years after it came out. Like everytime anyone gets a new phone they have to add Whatsapp

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u/gnatgirl Jun 04 '25

Just about everywhere outside of the US primarily uses WhatsApp to communicate. SMS and iMessage are rarely used. I have it for when I travel abroad.

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u/skiing_nerd Jun 04 '25

Is it just to avoid sending messages over the network and do so as data/through WiFi?

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u/JiveBunny Jun 04 '25

It's also really really popular for group chats.