Yeah it actually varies a lot. In Poland Whatsapp is the boomer messaging app for cringy political memes used exclusively by 50+ year-olds. Everyone else uses Facebook Messenger and Telegram (especially Ukrainians, Belarussians and people who work with them)
Germany uses Whatsapp and Signal. Whatsapp for the older generation, Signal for the younger ones. But almost everyone has both. Telegram is a niche messenger for conspiracy theorists and alt-righters, because it’s russian and those people love Russia.
Telegram is a niche messenger for conspiracy theorists and alt-righters, because it’s russian and those people love Russia.
Telegram is a nice messenger with good usability and funny stickers. The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to authorities willy nilly, so it’s popular among privacy-minded people of all political affiliations.
i live in germany and to me telegram doesn’t feel niche at all.
a lot of younger people use it a bit like discord, like for group stuff. organizing (like e.g. political activism), finding apartents in berlin, and yes, getting drugs as well. also some worklplaces use it (which i think is terrible). it is also preferred by a lot of people to communicate via telegram over signal or whatsapp in situations where people don’t want to give away their number, like online dating.
This is entirely a USA problem. No one in Europe uses iMessage as their primary messaging app.
What do they use? Whatsapp? Wechat? Signal?
Over here it’s Facebook Messenger, followed by Telegram and only then WhatsApp. Signal is niche stuff for nerds such as yours truly.
Where I live it’s mostly whatsapp
Yeah it actually varies a lot. In Poland Whatsapp is the boomer messaging app for cringy political memes used exclusively by 50+ year-olds. Everyone else uses Facebook Messenger and Telegram (especially Ukrainians, Belarussians and people who work with them)
Germany uses Whatsapp and Signal. Whatsapp for the older generation, Signal for the younger ones. But almost everyone has both. Telegram is a niche messenger for conspiracy theorists and alt-righters, because it’s russian and those people love Russia.
Yea, that’s totally why people I know use Telegram / 🤦♂️
Might be different in other countries, but in Germany its only used by them.
Factually wrong.
Telegram is a nice messenger with good usability and funny stickers. The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to authorities willy nilly, so it’s popular among privacy-minded people of all political affiliations.
FTFY
‘The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to western authorities willy nilly’ FTFY
Yes, all governments including western ones. Telegram was founded by Russian people who oppose Putin.
i live in germany and to me telegram doesn’t feel niche at all.
a lot of younger people use it a bit like discord, like for group stuff. organizing (like e.g. political activism), finding apartents in berlin, and yes, getting drugs as well. also some worklplaces use it (which i think is terrible). it is also preferred by a lot of people to communicate via telegram over signal or whatsapp in situations where people don’t want to give away their number, like online dating.
Depends on the country but mostly WhatsApp followed in second place by Telegram
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Eastern Europe, perhaos. Not really anywhere else in europe.
And I refuse to use any Facebook products, so what’s app can fuck right off
That’s a wildly generalizing and inaccurate statement
In what country do you live? I live in Germany and not even iPhone users use iMessage.
Use your reading eyes and understanding brain again and reread what I said
What you said was bullshit lol
iMessage is barely used
Use your reading eyes sugar
I did. Guess what? You’re still full of shit. iMessage isn’t used. It’s like internet explorer.
Not a problem for me lmao. No one I talk to uses apple products because we have self respect