On: How WhatsApp became an unstoppable global cultural...

[IshKebab]

It's highly regional, so if you live in e.g. America where iMessage is dominant then you wouldn't.

But WhatsApp is the dominant messaging platform in most of the world. E.g. in the UK it has basically 100% market share.

[e1g → IshKebab]

And by “America” you mostly mean “USA”. In Mexico, everyone including the government, my bank, lawyers, and even telco would WhatsApp me.

[zanderwohl → e1g]

In the English language "America" typically refers to the US because Anglos don't pretend North and South America are a single continent while separating Europe and Asia. There's no ambiguity when someone says "America".

[e1g → zanderwohl]

It's comparable to saying "In Britain they speak English". This is correct enough for a sports bar but reveals ignorance of what the words "Britain" or "English" mean, plus a certain disregard for cultures.