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This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads(lemmy.world)

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Automatically creating a shadow account for everyone on Instagram?

Even allowing people to follow that account?

Sounds like they really wanted to push Threads out the door in a big way.

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Tag365@lemmy.world
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Is WhatsApp really that popular???

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Yes, in very poor countries, they subsidize the data usage for WhatsApp, so that it’s free to end users. It’s extraordinarily popular in Asia and Africa as a result.

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kavin@feddit.rocks
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Yes, especially in India. It’s not a surprise that India is Whatsapp’s biggest market.

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MusketeerX@lemmy.worldOP
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5 billion downloads on the Play store. Apparently about 1-2 billion of those are not very active. Still huge numbers though.

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