It depends on where you live. Over here my last Covid vaccine appointment was given over WhatsApp and the guys that came to install fiber in my apartment did the whole thing over WhatsApp as well. Every single chatgroup I have with friends and family is on WhatsApp. I've tried to surface the notion of Telegram and Signal being things at points and it's an absolute no-go. People don't say "I'll text you", they say "I'll WhatsApp you".
My mom calls it "sending a Whats" and I have never hated anything more in my life.
So yeah, very regional, but in the places where it's the default, it's the default hard, both on Android and iPhone. People in the US Apple bubble severely misunderstand to what extent Meta won the social media race. I don't like it, but it is what it is.
It depends on where you live. Over here my last Covid vaccine appointment was given over WhatsApp and the guys that came to install fiber in my apartment did the whole thing over WhatsApp as well. Every single chatgroup I have with friends and family is on WhatsApp. I've tried to surface the notion of Telegram and Signal being things at points and it's an absolute no-go. People don't say "I'll text you", they say "I'll WhatsApp you".
My mom calls it "sending a Whats" and I have never hated anything more in my life.
So yeah, very regional, but in the places where it's the default, it's the default hard, both on Android and iPhone. People in the US Apple bubble severely misunderstand to what extent Meta won the social media race. I don't like it, but it is what it is.