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0 pointspiyush_soni5y ago0 comments

I had paid for at least one year (just $1), may be two (don't remember exactly). I would be glad to pay more, but Facebook played a big game and now we're all stuck with it because at least in India WhatsApp is almost a necessity.

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grishka5y ago

Thankfully in Russia it is not. Some people prefer it for some reason but there's no hard requirement to have it to be a part of society. I haven't even bothered to set it up on my new phone I bought a month ago and there was no discomfort resulting from that. Though I do still need to download my data and delete my account so people won't even try messaging me there.

piyush_soniOP5y ago

Great for you! Here everyone (including the carpenter, plumber, bank/finance people and more) almost expects you to have whatsapp. Even some of the biggest businesses are on Whatsapp offering product/order updates, customer service and more. Not to mention every friend of yours would constantly pester you to be on it. I guess one could live without it, but it will be pretty uncomfortable and you'll lose touch with almost all of your friends and relatives.

grishka5y ago

Here 99% of my messaging with real people is covered by VKontakte and Telegram. I can't even fathom using WhatsApp for any kind of serious communication because of how inconvenient and unreliable it is. "Can't download media, please ask them to send again", my ass. What kind of engineering does even lead to this?! And the fact that I have to use my phone while sitting in front of a computer is a non-starter. The web version still uses the phone and occasionally wipes itself completely so you have to set it up again.

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