dirrtydiana Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Why would I use another app when iMessage is right there? The user face sucks too. It feels like using Facebook to text. FB owns it no? Maybe that’s why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonSiblon Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 WhatsApp is the ghetto! Always getting spam texts on the daily, and it’s also monitored by Facebook & Co. no thanks! My circle uses iMessage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockatoo Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 They probably think it's a communist app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonSiblon Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 WhatsApp is the ghetto! Always getting spam texts on the daily, and it’s also monitored by Facebook & Co. no thanks! My circle uses iMessage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I use iMessage exclusively with people when I'm home in the US and WhatsApp exclusively with people that I've met in Europe. It's annoying having to switch back and forth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIVERT Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Telegram outsold both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunnah Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 whatsapp is horrible. ugly, and intrusive notifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XVIIII Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Most of us just communicate with other Americans, and we all have unlimited messaging/data plans. Why would we want to download another app to essentially do the same thing as the one that already comes on our phones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meangreen11 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 We don’t run into as many scenarios where we’d be paying International message fees because we use iMessage by default rather than SMS when possible and we can drive more than 50 or so miles without crossing into another country. Canada and Mexico aren’t even treated as “international” for most cell providers here, so even if we did, SMS still works fine. Most people here barely know anyone out of state, much less out of the country (which isn’t a good thing by ANY means). And personally, Facebook is the very last company I would want to hold my message history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Аshanti Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Downloading an app and setting up an account when you can just text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazil Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Yeah, it bothers me. Its not even about the unlimited texts etc, it's just that the SMS layout gives me depression. In WhatsApp we group chat and send stickers with the face if our friends on top of a cow, you can't beat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazil Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 43 minutes ago, DonSiblon said: WhatsApp is the ghetto! Always getting spam texts on the daily, and it’s also monitored by Facebook & Co. no thanks! My circle uses iMessage Lmfao yall acting like some anti-corporation farmer market vegans while supporting Apple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenda-walsh Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 because we have unlimted texting plans unlike the rest of the world. therefore no need for installing a separate app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenda-walsh Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 also iMessage is a thing! i'd say 99% of the people i text have an iphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stjosephprey4us Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 iMessage is the default. Why would I use a third party app as opposed to Whats literally built into my phone. Also, it’s 2022, get a grip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariananext Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I remember using iMessage in 2012 or something, I couldn't imagine using it today, it's absolutely forgotten here even among iPhone users. It always felt so slow, compared to whatsapp it took multiple seconds to send a text, plus it felt cold, whatsapp feels much more personal. It has absolutely nothing to do with texts being included or not. Here in Italy you pay around 7-15€ to have unlimited data, texts and calls, if anything texts are dying more and more because they're obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyPony87 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Steve Jobs said: Two reasons 1) Unlimited texting plans were the standard in the US unlike many parts of the world, so the jump to a free alternative wasn’t as necessary. 2) iMessage. Since the iPhone market share is enormous (over 60% when in other countries it’s like 5-30% at best*), it covered the extra features for a lot of people (read receipts, media etc). *except for Japan where it’s also the majority This right here. Otherwise, I wish more people used it here because it’s far superior to SMS. Texting non-iPhone users is a nightmare sometimes and ruins any and all group chats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotMyBlueprint Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) I genuinely don't even know what the difference is between iMessage and SMS... I just use whatever text message icon showed up when I first started using my iPhone... what's wrong with SMS? I only used Whatsapp whenever I'd go to Mexico, cus all the gays over there insisted. Edited July 27, 2022 by GotMyBlueprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAMJ Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 i think whatspp is tacky tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad guy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Because there's no reason for us to. iMessage is free and data is unlimited. The only reason people outside America use Whatsapp is to text/call internationally, but our service plans already cover that so again there's no point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleEarthquake Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 i've never heard about SMS or !Message everyone here uses Whatsapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropez Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Simple said: They are so weird! whatsapp is the best (cloud storage for messages, stickers, video and voice calls, fast..etc) . Imagine sending a group text using SMS or using iMessage's cringey emojis 3 hours ago, Mohit said: WhatsApp is the biggest app for messaging in the world. Americans just love to live in their own little cucoons. Americans mostly use iPhones, iMessage is not SMS. Texting is free in the US. iMessage has tons of its own apps, and is arguably better than WhatsApp since its Apple. Also WhatsApp is owned by Facebook. Facebook is literally an evil company, don't know why you're giving all your data and personal info to Facebook. Does that make you feel good. Also Facebook like Apple is a US company. If countries have issues with TikTok since all the data goes to China, imagine what your data is doing in the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 …we have iMessage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Into The Void Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5 hours ago, JustHoran said: You can literally do all of that with SMS and for unlimited. Literally who has minutes in 2022? I have an unlimited texting plan. I don't know anyone that uses WhatsApp. I don't know anyone who uses it either. We all text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 WhatsApp is nice because you can use it on your computer too but I'd rather use SMS - it's free, unlimited texting (and not everyone has WhatsApp) so one less app to deal with But for group texts, WhatsApp or FB Messenger is the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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