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cardiffspaceman 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)

From USA, one mainly needs WhatsApp to chat with Latin Americans. Judging from the billboards I have seen in Argentina and Uruguay, there are a lot of Latin Americans getting WA free. So of course, why pay more?

maximilianthe1 16 days ago [–]

>> why pay

Both WhatsUp & Telegram are completely free to use.

Telegram has premium features, but they are tangential to chatting & average use.

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