You don't understand how predominant WhatsApp is. Read the screenshot again. You need WhatsApp to find info about other means of contacting people. Networks of communication break down between groups of people and everything comes grinding to a halt. Chat groups are MASSIVELY important, it's not only about sending messages 1-to-1.
And in many countries mobile networks give free or bonus WhatsApp data bundles. Good luck communicating over any other platform where each message starts costing you a significant fraction of (or more than) US$0.01 per message.
We didn't even own a computer, how the he'll do you expect us to have email or even better school email?? No is all WhatsApp.. Not a single school has an email
“Not a single school has an email” I call BS, unless you mean like elementary/grade schools? Can you name the country and the school and let ol’ Reddit try to find the corresponding email?
If you have a phone with WhatsAp, you have a phone with email. No need for a computer.
My guy here in the countryside of brazil we don't even have schools, since I went to the city as a teen they do have schools, and even potable water and electricity, no they don't have emails, we are very poor ,most of my family doesn't know how to write or read, so they use flip phones mostly but I do know how to set a WhatsApp and I can call them through whatsapp just fine... I can't imagine thinking emails are that important, I have never written an email neither I know how
So you live in the countryside of Brazil, where you use Reddit regularly but never seen an email. Your family can’t read but you can write in multiple languages. They use flip phones, but you need WhatsAp to call those flip phones. Got it. I stand corrected. Clearly, there’s no way to contact a flip phone without using WhatsAp.
Also, can you please share the name of the school and city/town? Just bear with me…since you’ve never used email before, you wouldn’t know if there’s an email contact at the school, would ya? Let’s see if there is one - Reddit will do all the research for ya.
See, I grew up in rural Ukraine, drinking well water and shitting in outdoor toilets. We had phones, but no one could even afford texts so it was all calls. For the life of me I can’t imagine WhatsAp being essential to anyone’s life.
How the hell does a "flip phone" receive a WhatsApp message? And if your phone can run WhatsApp it sure as fuck does have an email client. GMail for example if it is an android. And how did you sign up with reddit?
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u/Consistent-Annual268 Mar 16 '23
You don't understand how predominant WhatsApp is. Read the screenshot again. You need WhatsApp to find info about other means of contacting people. Networks of communication break down between groups of people and everything comes grinding to a halt. Chat groups are MASSIVELY important, it's not only about sending messages 1-to-1.
And in many countries mobile networks give free or bonus WhatsApp data bundles. Good luck communicating over any other platform where each message starts costing you a significant fraction of (or more than) US$0.01 per message.