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speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative? (lemmy.ml)

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I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It effectively is in some countries.

When I was in Europe, not only were people repelled at the mere idea of using SMS, but it also didn't work at all more often than not. I still don't know why. I got a local SIM, so it wasn't an international roaming issue. Shit just didn't work, no matter how I entered country codes in my contacts. While I've never had an issue sending SMS in the US, I just reinstall WhatsApp when I visit Europe because I cannot count on SMS working.

It's also used very heavily for groups chats.