▲ 612 ▼ Yay, sponsored emojis! (lemmy.world) submitted 1 month ago by Wispy2891@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta pushed a WhatsApp update that replaces the soccer ball ⚽ with the FIFA corruption cup soccer ball by Adidas
[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children) Must be more popular in your country, in Canada I don't know a single person on whatsapp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (2 children) It's very big in western Europe. Here in the Netherlands everybody is on WhatsApp pretty much since it's creation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pechente@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) In Germany too and I remember how upsetting it was to me from the beginning. There were third party messengers that supported established (at the time) services like ICQ or live messenger but people got onto the hot new thing because it’s so much like SMS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I remember starting to use it because texting was pretty expensive and limited at the time. Whatsapp was free (group) texting when on WiFi and still cheaper when on cellular. If texting wasn't so expensive at the time I really don't think whatsapp would've caught on like it did. Now people are just used to it so that's probably why it's still big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I lived the switch in second person. My sister kept running out of SMSs to text her boyfriend, and our elder sister told her about Whatsapp and how she could have basically infinite text messages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think the whole europe except some countries permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) never heard anyone use whatsapp in sweden, everyone is expected to use something that supports sms as a fallback. Usually facebook messenger or whatever the iphone thing is called. Far as i know the only popular truly separate platform would be something like snapchat or kik or whatever, which is used by teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago except some countries Checks out permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yeah they're all on Facebook Messenger which sucks. I've managed to switch a few in my surroundings to Signal but I still need to keep Messenger for holdouts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Thankfully I have managed to get everyone to switch from Messenger to Signal, atleast for talking to me haha. Two other family members being privacy oriented too really helped getting the rest of the family moved over. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OliMoli2137@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* Poland , and everybody around me is on WhatsApp, only a few people have Telegram. Searched a bit of saved phone numbers, none had Signal tied to them permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (2 children) It's very big in western Europe. Here in the Netherlands everybody is on WhatsApp pretty much since it's creation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pechente@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) In Germany too and I remember how upsetting it was to me from the beginning. There were third party messengers that supported established (at the time) services like ICQ or live messenger but people got onto the hot new thing because it’s so much like SMS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I remember starting to use it because texting was pretty expensive and limited at the time. Whatsapp was free (group) texting when on WiFi and still cheaper when on cellular. If texting wasn't so expensive at the time I really don't think whatsapp would've caught on like it did. Now people are just used to it so that's probably why it's still big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I lived the switch in second person. My sister kept running out of SMSs to text her boyfriend, and our elder sister told her about Whatsapp and how she could have basically infinite text messages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think the whole europe except some countries permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) never heard anyone use whatsapp in sweden, everyone is expected to use something that supports sms as a fallback. Usually facebook messenger or whatever the iphone thing is called. Far as i know the only popular truly separate platform would be something like snapchat or kik or whatever, which is used by teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago except some countries Checks out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pechente@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) In Germany too and I remember how upsetting it was to me from the beginning. There were third party messengers that supported established (at the time) services like ICQ or live messenger but people got onto the hot new thing because it’s so much like SMS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I remember starting to use it because texting was pretty expensive and limited at the time. Whatsapp was free (group) texting when on WiFi and still cheaper when on cellular. If texting wasn't so expensive at the time I really don't think whatsapp would've caught on like it did. Now people are just used to it so that's probably why it's still big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I lived the switch in second person. My sister kept running out of SMSs to text her boyfriend, and our elder sister told her about Whatsapp and how she could have basically infinite text messages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I remember starting to use it because texting was pretty expensive and limited at the time. Whatsapp was free (group) texting when on WiFi and still cheaper when on cellular. If texting wasn't so expensive at the time I really don't think whatsapp would've caught on like it did. Now people are just used to it so that's probably why it's still big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I lived the switch in second person. My sister kept running out of SMSs to text her boyfriend, and our elder sister told her about Whatsapp and how she could have basically infinite text messages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I lived the switch in second person. My sister kept running out of SMSs to text her boyfriend, and our elder sister told her about Whatsapp and how she could have basically infinite text messages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Exactly. And, combined with the shared amount of texts/minutes (which IIRC for me was something like 100), actually calling people and wanting to text your friends you'd run out of texts very quick. WhatsApp was a godsend at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago This is another reason why I think the key to success is timing. Be the first to provide a service people need, and they'll use it for a long time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think the whole europe except some countries permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) never heard anyone use whatsapp in sweden, everyone is expected to use something that supports sms as a fallback. Usually facebook messenger or whatever the iphone thing is called. Far as i know the only popular truly separate platform would be something like snapchat or kik or whatever, which is used by teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago except some countries Checks out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) never heard anyone use whatsapp in sweden, everyone is expected to use something that supports sms as a fallback. Usually facebook messenger or whatever the iphone thing is called. Far as i know the only popular truly separate platform would be something like snapchat or kik or whatever, which is used by teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago except some countries Checks out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago except some countries Checks out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yeah they're all on Facebook Messenger which sucks. I've managed to switch a few in my surroundings to Signal but I still need to keep Messenger for holdouts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Thankfully I have managed to get everyone to switch from Messenger to Signal, atleast for talking to me haha. Two other family members being privacy oriented too really helped getting the rest of the family moved over. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Thankfully I have managed to get everyone to switch from Messenger to Signal, atleast for talking to me haha. Two other family members being privacy oriented too really helped getting the rest of the family moved over. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OliMoli2137@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* Poland , and everybody around me is on WhatsApp, only a few people have Telegram. Searched a bit of saved phone numbers, none had Signal tied to them permalink fedilink source parent
