Yeah viber, line.... Don't you see, big in more places where they were convinced it was "texting". No one was using those in the west/north America... Unless they needed to communicate with foreign family.
Hangouts doesn't use phone numbers. And WhatsApp not any simpler than hangouts, Messenger or iMessage. Which everyone would continue to use because that covers the majority of "accounts" or ecosystems that ppl were in. WhatsApp wasn't a thing other than pressure to connect with technically illiterate family aunty's and uncles in far away places that were told it was "texting". Meh
Hangouts doesn't use phone numbers. And WhatsApp not any simpler than hangouts, Messenger or iMessage. Which everyone would continue to use because that covers the majority of "accounts" or ecosystems that ppl were in. WhatsApp wasn't a thing other than pressure to connect with technically illiterate family aunty's and uncles in far away places that were told it was "texting". Meh