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Will you subscribe to Telegram Premium?

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backstreetboy said:
Not in 'Murica...
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Can't see anything breaking Messenger over there for the individual, but I have several colleagues over there in our WhatsApp work groups which appears to be quite normal.

Having just been to UK and Aus for work, it's amazing how WhatsApp has changed how we do business and communicate around the world. Compared to how much of a ball ache staying in touch was 10 years ago, now all you need is an international data sim/eSim and you are instantly reachable on WhatsApp for work or for personal reasons on the same number you always have. The dominance is already there and I can't see it being challenged any time soon.
 
Spizz said:
Can't see anything breaking Messenger over there for the individual, but I have several colleagues over there in our WhatsApp work groups which appears to be quite normal.

Having just been to UK and Aus for work, it's amazing how WhatsApp has changed how we do business and communicate around the world. Compared to how much of a ball ache staying in touch was 10 years ago, now all you need is an international data sim/eSim and you are instantly reachable on WhatsApp for work or for personal reasons on the same number you always have. The dominance is already there and I can't see it being challenged any time soon.
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It's because Americans are still addicted to cheap and unlimited SMS plans.
 
deweyzeph said:
What about the 130 million Android users in the States?
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Yeah, I kinda messed that up :rolleyes:

Facebook Messenger is top of the pops in the US.

I meant to say that Apple iMessage is also hugely popular because it's free and they have a high number of Apple users.
 
Spizz said:
Yeah, I kinda messed that up :rolleyes:

Facebook Messenger is top of the pops in the US.

I meant to say that Apple iMessage is also hugely popular because it's free and they have a high number of Apple users.
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America is a strange place with odd quirks. I learnt the other day that very few people in America use electric kettles. They still use cheques (checks) and fax machines. You can't easily do an EFT to someone from a different bank hence why payment services like Venmo and Paypal are so popular.
 
Telegram is very intuitive for business as opposed to Whatsapp. If you can onboard your customer base on Telegram channels, and provide automation where necessary it can greatly increase your customer satisfaction.
 
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Spizz said:
Compared to how much of a ball ache staying in touch was 10 years ago
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10 years ago when everyone [still] had email? And don't forget BBM and, oh yeah, WhatsApp. Times were tough.

deweyzeph said:
I learnt the other day that very few people in America use electric kettles.
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Two reasons - 110v doesn't boil water as quickly and piped gas is commonplace.

Oh, and tea sucks (unless it's iced and from Long Island) so I guess that's three reasons.
 
Pricing is a bit out of whack for the feature set for me as wouldn't store that much there.

Something like R100 a year or something without the storage limits and I'd probably subscribe, since like the voice transcription feature and use it enough that I'd support, but at over R1k a year, no, would rather go full discord instead.
 
bwana said:
10 years ago when everyone [still] had email? And don't forget BBM and, oh yeah, WhatsApp. Times were tough.
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Yeah, they were. My company used to give me a phone with local SIM card when I visited them in Europe. As I said, it was a ball ache staying in touch with family back home and of course colleagues and work mates now that you had to deal with a different number.

But hey, you kind of missed the rest of the sentence for some reason that explained that? Tell you what, I'll paste the whole thing and highlight the relevant parts to make it a bit easier for you to comprehend...

Compared to how much of a ball ache staying in touch was 10 years ago, now all you need is an international data sim/eSim and you are instantly reachable on WhatsApp for work or for personal reasons on the same number you always have.
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HTH.

bwana said:
Two reasons - 110v doesn't boil water as quickly and piped gas is commonplace.
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Which takes as long to boil a kettle as 110v.

bwana said:
Oh, and tea sucks (unless it's iced and from Long Island) so I guess that's three reasons.
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Or the fourth reason is they are as thick as **** and can't work out how an electric kettle works.
 
Spizz said:
Or the fourth reason is they are as thick as **** and can't work out how an electric kettle works.
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Yet I'm the owner/operator of an electric kettle and you couldn't figure out how to stay in touch while abroad? :unsure:
 
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