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Why Americans don't use WhatsApp (and why that's a Problem)
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Күн бұрынAround 58 million people in my home country Germany use the messenger WhatsApp. The app has replaced what once used to be the SMS text message: almost everyone who owns a smartphone can also be reached via the WhatsApp messenger. But in the USA things are different: Meta's app never really caught on here - even though it was an American invention. And this development also brings some problems with it.
A film by Matthias Schwarzer.
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Sources for the video:
Official WhatsApp user numbers Germany (2019, German):
blog.wiwo.de/l...
Current SMS usage figures in Germany (Federal Network Agency, German):
www.bundesnetz...
Overview of SMS usage figures in Germany:
de.statista.co...
Current SMS usage numbers in the US:
api.ctia.org/w...
Overview of SMS usage figures in the USA:
www.statista.c....
"Americans can't quit SMS" ("New York Times"):
www.nytimes.co....
The "Wall Street Journal" on the blue bubble problem:
www.wsj.com/ar...
"The New York Times". on the blue bubble problem:
www.nytimes.co...
ABC about the blue bubble problem:
abcnews.go.com...
Why Americans Don't Use WhatsApp ("New York Times"):
www.nytimes.co...
KZfaqr Marques Brownlee on the blue bubble problem:
• Blue Bubbles vs Green ...
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Intro song:
MÆT - Start Again
Music:
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#whatsapp #meta #iphone #android #ios
@MatthiasSchwarzerEnglish 7 ай бұрын
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@JonSuejoj 13 күн бұрын
Lol that's cool, I was so expecting an American accent. Caught me off guard, when you started speaking 😂
@wp2746 5 күн бұрын
Thank you for the RCS update!
@forzatoro89 11 күн бұрын
On the other hand, who really wants to hang out or date people that discriminate others based on having or not an iPhone? :)
@AnnaPrzebudzona 4 күн бұрын
Segregation and discrimination are embedded in American history and culture. It's as if this unplanned segregation based on the colour of your text message was willingly embraced and glorified by American young generation who doesn't have permission to openly discriminate on the basis of ethnicity.
@NightmareRex6 4 күн бұрын
apple users are so annoying if something is android exclusive they Btch untill they get it but android users just eat Sheeeeiiit when somethings apple only.
@TheGamingReaper 7 күн бұрын
Imagine being so shallow that you're willing to unfriend or stop dating someone based on what smart phone they have.
@justjaguar2314 4 күн бұрын
Yeah the only thing this was good for is discriminating people based on shallow and unimportant ideas....
@ArticulateFish 3 күн бұрын
On the plus side, it allows the android user to dodge a bullet because if someone is so judgemental about someone's lack of iPhone it will no doubt extend to other aspects of that person's life.
@JoelMatton 11 күн бұрын
I live in Europe and iphone uses here simply accept that they have to have Whatsapp and maybe 1-2 other messaging apps on their phone, because they know most people don't have iphones, and Android users don't like regular SMS. Iphone users here can't get away with being discriminatory against Android users, because they'd have to lose touch with like 70% of their friends and family.
@sephirothbahamut245 Күн бұрын
I live in europe and all my friends have to accept they have to install telegram because i refuse to have a Facebook product know about my daily messaging. Plus telegram has always been ages ahead of whatsapp in features, anything whatsapp has "new" was copied from telegram. I'm baffled by people's resistence to switch away from whatsapp, It's not any better than americans with iphones really.
@nero9506 7 сағат бұрын
@sephirothbahamut245 Most people in Europe (young folks, at least) have both, so I don't know what the fuck are you complaining about
@holygooff 11 күн бұрын
I never heard about this. What an evil company is Apple.
@DadgeCity 7 күн бұрын
I think it says less about the morals of Apple and more about the shallowness of human nature.
@galimbertino4939 7 күн бұрын
You got it wrong, it is not Apple, it is USA that is an evil country.
@mojabaka Күн бұрын
I‘m not trying to defend Apple or any company, they‘re all evil, but I‘m failing to see how Apple is at fault for people not using Whatsapp, it‘s not like Apple has banned it from the App Store.
@lsdzheeusi 7 ай бұрын
America is the birthplace of so much technology and innovation and at the same time, so backwards at adopting those same advances. It's embarrassing.
@italorossid 10 күн бұрын
the USA*
@lsdzheeusi 10 күн бұрын
@@italorossid *deal with it
@italorossid 10 күн бұрын
@@lsdzheeusi that's what I'm doing, thank you
@rgboss1337 9 күн бұрын
it´s corporate greed.
@jer1776 7 күн бұрын
USA is now the land of monopolies/duopolies
@harrietdrums 12 күн бұрын
So weird that android as a reputation of being a "poor person" OS despite flagship Samsungs etc. being just as expensive as iPhones. My friends are all stuck in the apple ecosystem meanwhile I'm out here with my free Spotify premium, free KZfaq premium, emulating games, installing apps outside the store, having expandable storage, and a better camera, despite my phone costing about half of what they paid for theirs. I really do not get the appeal of paying more for a less functional product and then having a superiority complex about it. It's just tribalism, pure and simple.
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
And it's the same with my Google Pixel. I have a 4 year old Pixel 4A5G and my camera makes Apple users cry. Even today I have their future features.
@Jebu911 9 күн бұрын
Id get it if apple was american made product and people wanted to support local brands but everyone knows its made in a sweatshop in china.
@RockinRobbins13 9 күн бұрын
@@Jebu911 _"Id get it if apple was american made product"_ Thugs are thugs. It's even worse when they're from your own country. If there is such a thing as an evil ocmpany, it is Apple.
@lexa7250 8 күн бұрын
Like every product ? @@Jebu911
@jer1776 7 күн бұрын
Theres a reason the stereotype iPhones are for stupid people exists too
@sallyanon5382 Ай бұрын
It's awful that young people "bully " each other over what kind of phone you have, but it's even more sad that people feel ostracized over what phone you have. There are FAR LARGER issues to be concerned about
@gurriato 11 күн бұрын
I find it hilarious that Apple users could ever consider themselves to be in any position to bully anyone when they are the perennial butt of the joke.
@leontin.munteanu 3 ай бұрын
As an European I see it this way : 1) Americans don't travel so much abroad, so they do not need to spend a lot on international phonecalls. 2) Market behaviour: They tend to use the default app for anything they do. Like : the default browser, the default mapping service, and so on. 3) Unlimited text messages even for the cheapest plans. They basically send short messages. 4) iPhone marketshare. In the USA, iPhone is over 60% meanwhile in Europe is 25%. That means that features like iMessage and Facetime, sending large files, reactions, read receipts are allready built in to the phone. And since 6 of 10 smartphones in USA are iPhones, it is easy to reach someone. In other words if an American goes to Europe, and meets someone over there and wants to resch him/her remember that only 3 out of 10 phones are iPhones. So they will be forced to switch : no free texting, no Facetime, no imessage, no read receipts, no way to send files by the default apps on the iPhone.
@qazatqazah 11 күн бұрын
It can't be too difficult for that person to install Whatsapp, can it?
@italorossid 10 күн бұрын
@@qazatqazah you wouldn't believe the things USamericans do without out of "inconvenience". iPhone users all over the world use WhatsApp
@ottobass9193 6 күн бұрын
@@qazatqazahjust remember that they are American Almost everything is difficult for them
@sluggo206 5 күн бұрын
Who needs Facetime, imessage, read receipts, or sending files?
@yia01 5 күн бұрын
wait so europe phone cant recieve sms anymore??? cause if they can, no need to change, a simple text either from ios or andriod will do. why install an american spy app jus to text some1? for us american, it not that we use the defualt. we use what most convienient. why install an app, then create a stupid acct, then get the rest of ur friend and any1 u want to communicate iwth install teh same app and all that. would it be more convienient just use sms. every phone come iwth it and no need for any neww acct BS.
@818Cali_Tali 4 ай бұрын
I live in USA and I’ve been using WhatsApp for 12 years because all my phones have been Android, and over all, it’s a good a messaging app. I recently switched to an iPhone, but will continue to use WhatsApp.
@mementomori29231 3 ай бұрын
Whatsapp was garbage because it only allowed install on a single device. Thus if my phone was charging and I was using my PC or tablet I was out of touch. I believe you can now log into Whatsapp on multiple devices but the damage is done and I hate the app. On my one device that has Whatsapp it keeps logging me out or flagging my account as spam. Overall a garbage experience.
@baran9300 Ай бұрын
@@mementomori29231 babe there is a desktop or imac app u can use on any device💀
@Alexsedlex 12 күн бұрын
@@mementomori29231WhatsApp desktop version works perfectly with the phone (android). I have no idea about Apple but Apple is famous for not being friendly with apps from competitors
@Jebu911 9 күн бұрын
@@mementomori29231works like a charm for me i have it open on my pc and phone
@ange6495 7 күн бұрын
@@mementomori29231 seems like a you problem because ive been using whatsapp only for more than a decade and never had issues with logging in with different devices
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
SMS is being actively replaced by RMS in the United States, which answers all the problems of SMS. It is being done so seamlessly that most people who use RMS aren't even aware of the changes. Messages are longer, end to end encryption is automatic, full size video and photography is sent between. And there is no ostrization of non RMS users. They merely receive an SMS version. Apple is always about gratuitous snobbery. Android is about interactivity without playing the elite. RMS is the answer. Apple is a despicable company and I will never own an Apple product of any kind. Bullying with overpriced tech is absolutely beyond the pale. We should all hate Apple for this.
8 күн бұрын
Do you mean RCS?
@RockinRobbins13 8 күн бұрын
Yeah, that's the ticket! Too many three letter acronyms starting with R. And RCS is also reaction control system on spacecraft! Thanks for the correction.
@sluggo206 5 күн бұрын
How would I know if my Android text-messaging app is sending RCS instead of SMS? It doesn't say.
@alexander1395 5 күн бұрын
@@sluggo206 You have to enable it, but from what I remember the sms app actively asks you about it first time its available. Your reciepient needs to have RCS enabled as well and then all future sms will be end-to-end encrypted. some 60-70% of my android sms contacts have enabled RCS. It's becoming standardised, thankgod. I don't like having all them messaging apps, hate it in fact. RCS even made Signal redundant, RCS is awesome.
@pepejw 3 күн бұрын
@@sluggo206 depends on the app, but for example, google messages has - a darker color on your side - 'RCS chat with _____' banner when switching - Holding on the text and pressing the menu in the top right, then pressing view details will show 'Rich Communication Service message' You can also just text someone with your data and wifi off, and seeing if it is any different, or just attempt to use one of the rcs only features
@bryrusmi4001 7 күн бұрын
Yeah I'm socially blind, pretty much, I knew something like this existed but I didn't really give a flip since I hate Apple. It doesn't let me fiddle with my settings like an Android, I grew up learning tech on a Windows 95 and I learned fuck around with my settings.
@jer1776 7 күн бұрын
Apple: "Does less, costs more"
@russdoesstuff 7 ай бұрын
As an America who travels to Europe at least once a year for work and talk with people in Europe and South America almost daily. Along with my wife who talks with her Swiss family via Whatsapp. We use Whatsapp all the time. However, my friends in the USA don't like it for some reason. Its annoying.... they only iMessage and its dumb.
@yia01 5 күн бұрын
i once try WhatApps, then i have to convice every1 i know to get on it too. then every1 new person i meet need to be on it too and on and on. with imessenge adn sms, it defualt and usage ur phone number. no new acct or any of those BS. ez, simple and convienient. that why most of us just stay with sms and imessenge
@Alexafinarul 10 күн бұрын
But everyone can install Whatsapp, Viber and Telegram. It should not be a problem. All three are useful.
@Hal10034 7 ай бұрын
I didn't know any of this. Thank you, Matthias. I'm American and ive always had an Android phone. I didn't want to be an Apple conformist. I've never had anyone mention my green bubbles. Maybe that's because I'm over 60.
@lidewijvos 15 күн бұрын
I'm pretty sure the 25% in the US that use WhatsApp are immigrants or people that have family and friends outside of the US 😂
@Jebu911 9 күн бұрын
Sounds about right that only 25% of us are intelligent people
@crBudgetWatches Күн бұрын
Probably or have work connections outside the US. I mean I don’t use whatsaap as a choice in my country it’s a must just like iMessage seems to be in the US but for different reason but at least I can enjoy any brand of phone without feeling ostracized.
@lanpartyanimal5215 12 күн бұрын
I'm American and have been using What's App for almost as long as it has been available.
@cgienthusiast 7 ай бұрын
Love your videos and coming from someone who lives in the US it's crazy how so many people judge green bubbles and can't just use other messaging apps like other countries can
@GenAfterNextTactics 7 ай бұрын
You must be an Android user
@cgienthusiast 7 ай бұрын
@@GenAfterNextTactics I like both operating systems
@leDespicable 6 ай бұрын
@@GenAfterNextTactics And what does that have to do with their point?
@Ziaonfilmandtv 4 ай бұрын
The key thing that you’re overlooking is that other doubted joined out of necessity. If you’re paying for messaging and Americans damn near get it free, why would we be incentivized to use a third party messenger? Why would an (American) iPhone use a third party app when they get the best experience with iMessage? You can’t understand it because you were forced to use third party apps. Because there is no other reason to use third party apps, many Americans don’t have a reason to seek them out. Now Apple is allowing rcs, there’s less reason to use other apps.
@OrlyYahalom 3 ай бұрын
@@GenAfterNextTactics LOL, is that supposed to be an insult? 😂 It seems like a comment meant to be an extreme illustration of that odd phenomenon discussed in the video.
@enderpirate9887 7 күн бұрын
10:40 I'm sick of 90% of phones around me in public being iphones and this "Rich and Poor" culture being a thing over here, this is one more reason for me to move to Europe where the culture isn't so toxic around what phone you have. Also I love the EU bc they are actually doing something about the tyrannical reign of big tech!
@jer1776 7 күн бұрын
Apple deserves a class action lawsuit from parents of kids who feel they were ostracized or bullied for what phone they have.
@GirlInAguaCaliente 5 күн бұрын
I think it’s the people’s fault to react that extremely. As a person one can choose to enjoy apple only features and to respect if others don’t. It’s like the lady suing McDonald’s for the coffee being hot instead of just being more careful. People forget they have their own choice and responsibility.
@yazarc4598 3 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nick90000 11 күн бұрын
Apple has become IBM. Imagine being such an empty humanbeing that you judge people on the phone they have....the world judges you American Apple conformists
@J0HnDq3 7 ай бұрын
thanks for the video, mate! it's very entertaining to watch this unecxpectable theme about the US as a guy, who lives in Ukraine , where the procent of iphone users is even much lesser than in Germany, we here mostly use not whatsapp, but telegram and viber. And yep, I agree with the fact of whatsapp popularity in Europe, cause almost all my friends from western and central europe send messages to me with whatsapp.
@gordonwilson1631 16 күн бұрын
Why co-founder of WhatsApp Brian Acton left and set up his own messaging service Signal is worth investigating. What he states about WhatsApp now, their commercialisation and their so-called end-to-end encryption is very interesting.
@donaldpyper4627 10 күн бұрын
Much of my friends and family moved to signal when WhatsApp moved all data processing to USA rather than Europe.
@alexander1395 5 күн бұрын
It's too cumbersome, adoption rate isn't high enough. Used to use Signal when it allowed non-signal users to recieve sms. Much like iMessage works. Things changed for Signal, they no longer allow that. Bounced me back to regular SMS with end-to-end encryption through RCS. Adoption rate much higher. Properitary messaging apps, hate them.
@YeOldeThrashDude 7 ай бұрын
I'm going to be that guy. I'm an American and one of the 68.1 - 85.8 million. Even if I hate meta as a company, I can recognize a superior product and take advantage of what it has to offer. Besides, I was dragged kicking and screaming into using it by another American friend who uses it exclusively for chat. But yes, I DID learn something!
@DustarMendez Күн бұрын
Very high quality content for such an unpopular channel. Glad to see you are starting to get pushed in the algorithm!
@daveballin 14 күн бұрын
WhatsApp was actually developed in Europe by two techies who then sold it to Facebook for billions.
@JonSuejoj 13 күн бұрын
I would've sold it too, for billions of dollars 😂
@theprestigerklopt5085 11 күн бұрын
Yes, indeed. Very confused as to how he could have made this mistake. Apparently this KZfaq has not decided to do proper research before making this video
@huzcer 10 күн бұрын
Eh no, It was created by a Ukrainian immigrant in the US (Jan Koum) and an American (Brian Acton). They met at Yahoo in the US. Whatsapp was incorporated in California in 2009.
@daveballin 10 күн бұрын
@@huzcer Nonsense
@huzcer 9 күн бұрын
@@daveballinno it's literally just very basic easily verifiable information about Whatsapp 😂
@alcidesambriz6665 10 күн бұрын
Im Android and im proud, dont see the point of spending crazy amount of money for a phone.
@sparkylfc91 9 күн бұрын
Android and proud is the saddest thing I’ve ever read 😂
@AnthonyLauder 8 күн бұрын
@@sparkylfc91 iPhone and proud is equally sad and cringey
@taylor_hattley 19 күн бұрын
Some prepaid cell phone plans in the USA come with unlimited texting too.
@JonSuejoj 13 күн бұрын
Yes all of them do at this point.
@sluggo206 5 күн бұрын
Yes, it used to be that voice calls were the cash cow. Now data and hyping 5G are the cash cow, so unlimited voice and SMS are practically given away as a side benefit>
@ronagabor 10 күн бұрын
I never knew this bubble colour was thing on Iphone. For an Android user it's default that you can set a different bubble colour for each contact.
@SOYCRANE 6 ай бұрын
first time watching one of your videos, this one was really good and entertaining, nice video editing too, keep on going! your are doing good
@zukodude487987 9 сағат бұрын
I dont use whatsapp. I have only ever used Viber and now i just use FB messenger.
@lewisjackson6395 7 ай бұрын
Keep the good work up my friend
@EddyGraphic Күн бұрын
WhatsApp is also the number 1 messaging app in all of Latin America, it’s pretty much the default app, even businesses use it.
@sluggo206 5 күн бұрын
It took you a long time to say what WhatsApp's features are compared to SMS, and my American thought was, "Who needs those?" Not enough to sign up for a Meta service when SMS works fine. Except encryption, but most of my small number of messages are non-sensitive. As for Apple users behaving cult-like, that goes back decades long before smartphones. Just because those conceited T-shirts exist doesn't mean a lot of people are buying them.
@sparkspl 2 сағат бұрын
German complains that Meta is not of top for 20min(colorized)
@TheChenny73 5 ай бұрын
Meta also developed Facebook messenger and I have to tell you it is used a lot by Americans especially if they are communicating with people overseas.
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
Facebook Messenger will never live on any device I own. If the device comes with it, FB Messenger gets deleted.
@dunem666 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I had no Idea. I thought Whatsapp was a worldwide favourite. The fact that is US created, im Shocked. You deserve more subs also, your videos are quality.
@farhanrahmaddani3218 6 ай бұрын
if you're being judge by green text, just say "you may laugh because I'm different, but I laugh because you are all the same"
@nightking8490 6 ай бұрын
Lol.shut up android zombie
@gregblair5139 Күн бұрын
BTW, if I'm calling a country other than the US, Canada, or Mexico (or not inside one of these countries), I am charged 25¢/min for a voice call. However, WhatsApp and Face Time are included in my plan for no additional charge.
@beniiboi69 7 ай бұрын
das klingt sau interessant :D
@w8lvradio 6 күн бұрын
We use the "Signal" app now in the US/Canada.
@ottobass9193 6 күн бұрын
I saw statistics, that's not true
@Kevynmorgan 5 ай бұрын
Solution = RCS Case closed 🔐
@CMDRSweeper 15 күн бұрын
I guess I am so old school... I disable RCS (I live in Europe) and do not use Whatsapp. To me it is all in on the old school SMS, lightweight and more often than not, just works. And considering it is usually a quick message, 160 characters per message is more than ample enough for my use cases.
@alexander1395 5 күн бұрын
@@CMDRSweeper Why would you disable RCS?
@liliyafaskhutdinova6532 7 күн бұрын
So interesting! I knew about the US not using WhatsApp or other messengers, but I didn't know why, and certainly didn't know about this ridiculous "war". Thank you for this fun and educational video!
@wxyzz 25 күн бұрын
Now 100M users in USA and it will only keep growing
@give_me_my_nick_back 7 ай бұрын
but why? Cant people simply send SMS directly? Why do they bother with an app? Here in Poland there is no such prererence, the market is quite fractured and divided, some people use discord, some use facebook and some other apps but no one needs any SMS replacements. SMS and calling being pretty much free might be a factor though, for the past decade the network providers only charge you for data, no one bothers limiting calls and sms.
@HaggardPillockHD 7 ай бұрын
Can't send images, voice notes or whatever. Just text. It's also quite clunky to use.
@give_me_my_nick_back 7 ай бұрын
@@HaggardPillockHD you know everyone hates these 3 persons who for some unknown reason keep sending voice messages to people hahah The most annoying thin ever, just use voice to text :)
@leDespicable 6 ай бұрын
The normal SMS app on most phones is only that, an SMS app. No stickers or any other messenger features, only text and MMS. People use Whatsapp because it has more features than regular SMS
@wandatrades4809 6 ай бұрын
Why WhatsApp? Send images, videos, voice notes, documents, live locations, stickers, participate in group chats, communities, video calls. Above all, messages are encrypted end to end. Asking "why WhatsApp" is like people who use horse drawn carriages asking why people use cars.
@Lokitooh 6 ай бұрын
@@wandatrades4809u literally have all that in iMessage
@davepubliday6410 4 күн бұрын
The real question is why anyone uses WhatsApp. It’s terrible. It arguably violates the GDPR privacy laws. It won’t function well unless you give it access to all the contact information on your device, and you have no right to do that without asking every person in your address book first.
@Squaretable22 9 сағат бұрын
WhatsApp isn't good, I don't like how due to it's network effects it's essentially become a social requirement to exist in Europe. However many of its alternatives like Telegram have their own issues (although I personally prefer Telegram). But having a service which most people can use for free to communicate is not a bad thing. It's definitely better than say Instagram Directs or as is the case in the US, iMessage.
@roeland_st 2 күн бұрын
I live in Europe but tbh I only use WhatsApp for messaging my grandma and the family group chat. To talk with friends I always use Snapchat
@roughrosa 5 күн бұрын
I think people use WhatsApp for it’s ease of use and the connectivity, not so much about privacy or data. It’s a chatting app anyway, not for serious stuffs. Just ONE app for everything and having the same people and world-wide connections, is unbeatable. It’s easy when you travel, everyone and every country is on WhatsApp. I had an Amazon delivery guy contacted me on WhatsApp in Saudi Arabia and it’s seamless. No change of phone number or sim, etc. it can be run on PC too. Having group chats keep information and updates easy or group video chats seamless and organised in one place. And having ‘business WhatsApp’ over personal keep everything compartmentalised but not separated. I use iPhone, but haven’t use the SMS for more than 15 years. No one does here.
@gregblair5139 Күн бұрын
I'm not clear on something. Do either Iphone users or Android phone users need to do anything to get this new standard, or will it happen auotomatically?
@abcabcboy 6 күн бұрын
In Norway WhatsApp is not that popular either. Most people use Facebook Messenger, Snapchat or SMS. Mostly foreigners in Norway use Whatsapp.
@alexander1395 5 күн бұрын
Yup, If you reliably need to contact someone SMS is used all of the time because you know for a fact the recipient can accept it. Friends may have a snapchat group, particular subsets of people use it. FB messanger is people whos invested all their social and contacts in the FB universe but young people have been turned off FB for a couple of years now, if not a decade. SMS RCS is the future, let us laugh about the time when everyone had a dozen different messaging apps on their devices, it was dumb.
@KeLamity_Ch 4 сағат бұрын
Most Americans have the technical skills of a 5 year old and are very tribal.
@alexbojanic7363 Күн бұрын
I thought Viber is more popular in Europe. Whom ever i talked there asked me to use Viber.
@ahkeem0 6 ай бұрын
The americans in the states that use what's app are probably the ones that travel internationally or have family that's oversees many americans who dnt travel internationally or dnt have family outside the united states dnt really have a need to use it. I also primarily use andriod many andriod phones in america have a app called messages already preinstalled on their phone thats what many of us use by default because its already preinstalled on our phones
@OrlyYahalom 3 ай бұрын
I have family in the US. They all have i-phones and use WhatsApp. It was from them that I first heard that most Americans don't. They couldn't explain why however.
@Acteaon Ай бұрын
🙋🏻♂️ yup! It’s mad true.
@JoelMatton 11 күн бұрын
"messages" on android isn't really an app, it's just the phone sending an SMS. Phones have been able to send SMS-messages since way before smartphones, like he said in the video SMS messages have existed since the 1980s.
@lapick78 10 күн бұрын
This is true. I’m American and all the people I message use the messaging app thats already installed on our phones. I’ve never used WhatsApp, even when I travel outside the US.
@craig19 7 ай бұрын
I find it more interesting that WhatsApp has become the preferred method of messaging outside the US. It’s had loads of privacy issues in the past and is owned by Meta which hasn’t had a great track record. I don’t really see any unique features WhatsApp has over other messaging platforms. So it surprises me that it’s still so popular and other messaging apps haven’t managed to compete with it.
@gurriato 11 күн бұрын
It's shit, but once something like that gets so big it's really hard to displace, because it relies on everyone else also making the switch. I use Telegram with those who have it, but leaving whatsapp entirely is not feasible for most people.
@mgreenester 11 күн бұрын
Yeah Apple's change of heart has nothing to do with anticompetitive accusations from the current U.S. administration.
@FaiT90 6 ай бұрын
still dont understand why people buy iphones, they work good thats a fact, but the price card is way to high, they are missing apps because apple does not allow those apps due to revenue, and if you get locked out of icloud and dont have a receipt of your purchase you have an expensive brick. in the netherlands i know people use iphones as well but most company's uses android as it has more freedom, and you can actually become admin (root) of your phone, while apple jailbreak is not giving you root as android does, you can still be locked out of your phone if apple decides to do so. but to each there own, use what you like and just install something like whatsapp (dont recommend due to privacy) or Telegram (what i do recommend due to privacy).
@FerdinandZebua 9 күн бұрын
"And now the fight is over" No it is not. Apple's implementation of RCS is very minimal, and in time it might even prove to be "malicious compliance". The solution is Americans should just stop using iMessage. Particularly when communicating with non-Americans.
@SangoProductions213 8 күн бұрын
Basically: No real need for it.
@ottobass9193 6 күн бұрын
Oh yeah, discrimination is fun for American 😂
@jameshalleluyah8133 4 ай бұрын
Cthulhu will settle this, all will be red bubble soon!
@addictivetim44 5 ай бұрын
I’m from Puerto Rico and I have an IPhone and I use WhatsApp for most of my texting I only really sms my girlfriend & American friends I could care less about green bubbles lol I honestly even prefer WhatsApp because I’m so used to it
@daffyduk77 9 күн бұрын
Even putting aside Android device to Apple price comparisons, Apple tech & phone gear has always been seen to be cheaper in the USA compared to the cost of living or average salaries, than in the UK, & possibly in EU also. In other words, Apple has been ok with price-gouging outside of the US. Hence a bigger take-up of Android devices outside the US. Apple might argue it's connected with exchange rates etc but that of course is crap
@TheLazyDutchGardener 7 күн бұрын
I remember trying to get my US family to join whatsapp. Took a while! I was flabergasted they don't always use it like us in the NL. 😮
@steffen6987 13 сағат бұрын
I think you need to speak for yourself, I am from Norway aka a country in Europe. And I hadn't even heard of this app before this video, and asking a few friends, none of them had either. So I think it really depends on the country you are in.
@pisacc 5 күн бұрын
Use some app with privacy in mind. Whatsapp is not that kind of app.
@HelenaMikas 7 ай бұрын
For me Skype is enough. .It can be used pc to , pc , smart phone to smartphone and to land lines .Reliable too .
@farhanrahmaddani3218 6 ай бұрын
whatsapp can be used in pc too
@yia01 5 күн бұрын
@@farhanrahmaddani3218 but whatapp can not send sms to andriod or iphone user. skype can
@catherinafriederikehaags3626 4 ай бұрын
Sehr schönes Video!
@catalinpetrescu8488 10 күн бұрын
Messaging is the one field where I am not frugal on my phone. Why? Because there's always a risk of one service dying. Remember the times when WhatsApp was down? I switched to Telegram or SMS messaging. Does my carrier have no signal in a certain area? Simple, I go to the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot and message people on Messenger or WhatsApp etc. So besides the usual apps that most people use or that I have used all the time, I also have an XMPP client (Conversations), a Matrix client (both XMPP and Matrix are decentralized platforms, just like email) and Briar - which is an app that allows you to communicate via direct Wi-Fi or even Bluetooth.
@peterbanyavari708 5 күн бұрын
Whatsapp has extremely outdated (ugly IMHO) UI. They stuck in 2011
@Friendly_Gamer_Mom 7 күн бұрын
Money is green in the US, so going Android works. You save your green buying Android versus Apple.
@markpashia7067 12 күн бұрын
The only use I have for Whatsapp is for staying in contact with my daughter. She moved to Portugal this year and immediately had me install it on my phone so that she could call and text with me free. It is amazingly good but no one else I know uses it. I love having text and voice without charges for overseas but I do have to be very careful with time zones. But then I am 71 so not much peer pressure like kids today.
@SnowmanTF2 11 күн бұрын
While the interaction with door greeter and cashier are pretty normal interactions for us, even if most other retail stores do not have a greeter. Even for Americans that sort of employee meeting and chant are considered annoying and super fake, hopefully they quit trying to push that on staff.
@robotnikkkk001 11 күн бұрын
...WELL,HAVING A CHEAPEST OUTDATED USED IPHONE FOR IMESSAGE AND HAVING NORMAL ANDRPID PHONE IS ACTUALLY ISNT SO HARD .......OR ABOUT TO FIND AN APP THAT DOES IMESSAGE FROM ANDROID......
@Male_Parent 11 күн бұрын
I don't use WhatsApp because it's owned by Facebook. That's my reason, not device based as I own an Android. I do know my mom uses it to communicate with family living in the Philippines. I stand by my green bubble, if you don't like it we aren't friends simple as that. As a power user I need the control Android gives.
@dlewis9760 8 күн бұрын
I was being left out of the Facetime and Iphone videos being a Android user. I kind of agree with your FB argument, but Meta does not tie WhatsApp to the FB and Instagram platforms. There are Android hacks for getting Facetime. I never had one work more than 20-30 seconds before failing. The problem with that is, for me to see if it's improved I have to beg a Iphone user to play along to try. Getting a Iphone video clip via messaging results in something the size of stick of gum and resolution that looks like 120P. Whatsapp just works. Apple keeps the good stuff like messaging and Facetime in their ecosystem to keep users from escaping. Anyone focusing on colored bubbles has issues.
@Michal_Bauer 8 күн бұрын
As European I only use WhatsApp when I'm outside EU to make calls and messaging using internet from local SIM card. For everyday use ,using messanger app to send easy text message is just additional clicks. And if message is longer and important I can always call or send email. And for the dating part? Great idiots who are thinking that your smartphone OS is somthing so important are opting out themselves.
@sparkylfc91 9 күн бұрын
I have an iPhone and everyone uses WhatsApp
@Evilnor7 9 күн бұрын
The only reason I have Whatsapp is because of my European friends. I use Discord for most of my text communications and a fair bit of vocal, too
@msanc315 Ай бұрын
Americans also dont use whatspp for the simple reason alot of scammers use it and many people have been hacked. Fb is used in every country and they have their own messaging service so what is the need to use a different messaging service
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
Hit my reason exactly. My exposure to WhatsApp is scammers all over KZfaq attempting to separate viewers from their wallets.
@catalinpetrescu8488 10 күн бұрын
You can be hacked with every single service. I received spam messages on WhatsApp, on Telegram, even on Skype I've been added to some random ass crypto groups. The solution to this is simple: if you don't know the person, and you don't expect any message from that one, just block and report everywhere.
@ottobass9193 6 күн бұрын
In 12 years never meet any scammer Wtf is wrong with your country 😅😅
@maikelwarmerdam8911 7 ай бұрын
I'll keep my opinion for myself and not insult these American habits. I guess I failed.
@shawnspeigner2835 2 ай бұрын
Idk about the rest of the world, but the group chat app that’s gained the most momentum in the US is Discord. And for years now my android shows anyone message for me as whatever color I want. And the Apple change doesn’t bother because if an Apple user gets snobby with me I just laugh at them
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
Even Discord looks like the wasteland that used to be Yahoo before Yahoo died on the vine and shut down their social media. Every channel I've subscribed to on Discord has no activity.
@shawnspeigner2835 11 күн бұрын
@RockinRobbins13 you just joining the wrong ones I guess. I definitely don't get the old Yahoo death vibes
@RockinRobbins13 11 күн бұрын
@@shawnspeigner2835 Well that's good. Discord seems to potentially be a great platform.
@catalinpetrescu8488 10 күн бұрын
@@RockinRobbins13 I specifically choose not to subscribe to too many servers because they are mostly active as hell, and I can't keep up with the flow.
@RockinRobbins13 10 күн бұрын
Discord does voice chat better than Skype of Zoom too.
@Neuroinfantryangel 2 ай бұрын
Automatic subscribe.
@PeeGeeThirteen 10 күн бұрын
Facebook already had Messenger so we just use Messenger
@dewaynehowse231 3 ай бұрын
We don't trust Meta.
@joannebarber4845 11 күн бұрын
Thanks for letting me know. I don't own either an Android or an I-Phone and after this I never will. All my friends and peolpe who choose to reach me Know to email me.
@pisacc 5 күн бұрын
I'm using symbian, so my messagess are also green. And I don't give a f*ck. I have delivery report on all sms messages to all phones, apple users do not have that "advanced" feature 🤣 I also have one iPhone, which I'm using as secondary phone. iPhone is golden shiny sh*t.
@ivansmith654 Күн бұрын
I have funny story! I am Franco-American French mother American father US army and he came to France at the tail end of WWII and I was born in Paris! My mother has an iPhone 7 she dislikes WhatsApp, and hate samsung, I have a Samsung, and I love WhatsApp, and dislike Apple even a used one my mother buys used Apple, today my mother and I live in France full time! My American father living Stateside has a old Samsung and he knows nothing about WhatsApp he is in his mid 90's which understandable he know little about cell phone! My father is not doing to well bad news coming soon! What about the many Americans living in Germany? What cell phone do their use with what app? Apple most likely, but what about WhatsApp I did know! I don't how most things look I care about how it works for me does it do what I need Apple does next to nothing of what I need, but back in the 90's it was a great tool today not so much I don't photo work never did never will!
@jimbabwe3246 12 сағат бұрын
Android is far superior to ios. Even apple admit it.
@g8Words 6 ай бұрын
Yes, By all means send your messages directly to the NSA, CIA, FBI spooks.
@MrKingkz 12 күн бұрын
There are so many people using it they carnt get everyone lol
@neilworms2 10 күн бұрын
Every day I learn a new thing about how much of a hellhole my country is. Thanks for this (I did know iphones had annoying features that weren't on androids but I didn't know it was this bad) any sane country would make this all illegal, but the US is not a sane country.
@chrisgironde6669 7 ай бұрын
Generally replaced likes of Skype aswell seeing you can do phone calls and video calls and multi person calls
@HelenaMikas 7 ай бұрын
Skype. still functions fine in ever country .Many have no wish to go out in company I find Skype ideal from pc to land lines ..
@chrisgironde6669 7 ай бұрын
@@HelenaMikas but I’m sure you don’t carry your pc around as a mobile phone
@leDespicable 6 ай бұрын
I'd argue skype was rather killed by other, better voicechat programmes that came around, like Discord for example.
@Llandari 8 күн бұрын
Norway might be one of the exceptions when it comes to European countries and WhatsApp. I don't think I know a single person that uses it. (Or if they do, they haven't told me) I think (Facebook) Messenger is the default here. Most people are on it, even if they don't have a regular Facebook-account. Since both are owned by Meta, I don't really see the difference.
@alexander1395 5 күн бұрын
Internationally oriented people use Whatsapp in Norway.
@TheSimArchitect 2 күн бұрын
Can't those people go on eBay and buy an old iPhone for 20 dollars?
@DarioDarrow 3 күн бұрын
I used to belong to the Apple cult, but I escaped. I'd rather not be friends with people devoted to a company that traps you into buying a £1200 device 🙃
@georgearnold8573 7 ай бұрын
Your a beautiful man
@n1cktar 6 ай бұрын
Полине Масловой привет
@SamLowryDZ-015 8 күн бұрын
I miss icq - esp the flapping bat :[ Apple has always tried to make lower quality and functionality a virtue and their fanboys cheer every time they announce low spec incompatible products
@lestion7 17 күн бұрын
I’m American and travel abroad a great deal. We tried using WhatsApp on both of our phones and it took them over. Disrupted contacts, changed info like emails and area codes, just a lot of problems. We don’t care for apps that take over your device in those ways. Maybe it’s changed and doesn’t do that now, but that’s why we don’t use it.
@hydnars 8 күн бұрын
those Americans using whatsapp are probably immigrants. Latinos use whatsapp but not "white" americans from my experience.
@MonikaBardell 7 ай бұрын
Im in the USA and the only reason I have Whatsapp is because of my family in Germany. They refuse to use other apps 🤣. My American friends and family NEVER use Whatsapp. 😂. So if I had no family in Germany I would not need Whatsapp . 😂 I would delete it, because its a big app and takes a lot of space in my phone. My american family and me mostly use facebook messanger and nobody owns an i phone 😂. So I realy dont see a problem anywhere 😂
@leDespicable 6 ай бұрын
The app actually doesn't take up much space, at least when your phone isn't 15 years old and lacking storage space.
@MonikaBardell 6 ай бұрын
@leDespicable Yeah , I used to have those phones, cause my family lives in Germany for 30 years 🤣, or , lets say , I live in the USA for 30 years. So , since Whatsapp exists I have to have a phone with more memory 🤣, cause I need all the other apps for America to. I dont know how old you are , but Im up there and had a lot cellphones. I even had a life without any internet at all 😂. And a phonecall from America to Germany was at least $ 50 , if you realy wanted to have a little bit of a conversation. So , guess what, we actualy wrote letters to each other 😂
@ahkeem0 6 ай бұрын
Exactly me like many other Americans who dnt travel overseas or have family overseas are probably unaware of this but luckily on youtube I came across information on this a year ago before this I didn't know what what's app was
@Westpark16 11 күн бұрын
Who cares what app people use and why do Europeans care what app we use ? I have whats app but i use sms text on my phone most often Unmlimited texting on my cell plan
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