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by arinlen 1386 days ago
> Or Messenger. Strangely, Messenger is more popular than WhatsApp in Europe. Got the context though

I lived in Europe all my life and never heard of Messenger.

WhatsApp is pervasive. We get the WhatsApp logo shoved in our faces even while casually watching tv. Even TV programs and state institutions have WhatsApp contacts.
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Symbiote 1386 days ago
Don't generalise all of Europe without checking the statistics.

Messenger is the most popular chat app in France, Scandinavia and most of Eastern Europe. WhatsApp has the rest. Except Viber in Serbia and Belarus.

(Messenger is Facebook Messenger, everyone who has a Facebook account has it, though not necessarily in use on their phone.)

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arinlen 1386 days ago
> Don't generalise all of Europe without checking the statistics.

If you admit that WhatsApp is the dominant messaging app in the whole Europe except for a hand-full of countries, and still in spite of your admission you still try to pass Messenger as ubiquitous in Europe, you shouldn't be talking about generalizations.

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Symbiote 1386 days ago
I didn't "admit" anything, and I didn't claim Messenger was ubiquitous.
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