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by nicbou 1715 days ago
In Europe, people just assume that you have it. I often get the first contact from pensions and airbnbs on WhatsApp. I convinced a few people to switch to Telegram, but there are still a few stragglers on WhatsApp and even Facebook Messenger.
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throwaway525142 1715 days ago
I believe Telegram is inferior to WhatsApp due to missing default end-to-end encryption.
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Pawka 1715 days ago
I'd say in parts of Europe. E.g. in Slavic regions Telegram is popular. In other regions Signal. Among my circles FB messenger seems to be the most popular.
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raxxorrax 1715 days ago
It is sadly very common in western europe, but you can easily live without it too.
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