You make a good point about the mass adoption mostly happening before FB took ow...

		quickthrowman on Jan 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the g... You make a good point about the mass adoption mostly happening before FB took ownership. Back then, Whatsapp was definitely a better choice for a lot of non-US places vs paying for SMS, and perhaps it is even now. iMessage has E2E encryption, but regular SMS doesn’t so WhatsApp seems better in that case as well.

It more than quadrupled since the acquisition, hardly "mostly before FB".