I finally get why people obsessively use WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a way of life. With stickers, statuses, groups, and easy-to-use messages, it's more than just a texting service.

I'd always dismissed it as yet another messaging platform, but now I get it. After moving to South America at the beginning of 2020 to work remotely for four months, I slowly accepted I'd have to download the Facebook-owned app.

I'd resisted for years. I prefer iMessage on my iPhone and felt overwhelmed by Messenger, Slack, Skype, Signal, Google Hangouts, Google Voice, Snapchat, and even Twitter DMs. Enough was enough. Plus, did I really want Facebook privy to all my text conversations? Read more...

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