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WhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verification (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean the WA-traffic made a significant difference? But how? It's still mostly just text, no?

Here data is expensive, but a messenger wouldn't make a difference (unless you'd exchange a lot of large files) so that any provider would gain a benefit over the competition. Including TV or netflix or tidal hifi, that'd would. Weird...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean the WA-traffic made a significant difference?

No, I don't mean that. Whatsapp traffic (files i don't think is included in the deal) is treated by the companies independently of other data traffic. You may not have a data plan, but still get a "whatsapp free" thingy, you can text for free via whatsapp without using data plans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Ahhh i see. So no data at all but still free WA. That does make sense. And is pretty mean 😊