Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
what is the advantage of WhatsApp? I’ve never used it but it seems everyone does now. Why not just use a group text. Not to mention Facebook owns WhatsApp and everything in it.
The big plus to me was there are no international fees to text/chat with a foreign number, or to send messages to someone back home when you are in another country. Not a big deal to people who rarely leave the US and mainly fly domestically.
Also it runs on data, so if you can’t connect to a cellular network, or don’t want to in another country to avoid roaming, you can still text/chat with a WiFi connection.
The group chat features for me are a small part of what made WhatsApp more useful.