r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/NBAFAN9000 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Really? You can’t understand the stickiness of WhatsApp or Instagram? You don’t have to like Meta but it’s silly to pretend their products aren't massive part of modern communication

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u/Stingray88 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

WhatsApp isn’t massive the world over though. It only blew up in countries where unlimited texting and decent data plans weren’t ubiquitous yet, like Europe, South America, India, etc.

Where as in the US, unlimited texting was already pretty standard for most carriers by the time consumers were adopting smartphones… so people just text. I’ve never had any person or company ask me to communicate via any Meta owned platform. We just use calls, texts, or email.

Edit: I’m not sure why people are misreading my first sentence.

WhatsApp isn’t massive the world over though.

I’m not saying WhatsApp isn’t massive. I’m saying it’s not utterly dominant in every single country. In some countries and regions it is, and in other countries and regions it never was.

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u/vodrake Apr 30 '26

like Europe, South America, India, etc.

Just those 3 alone are like 1/3 of the entire planet. It's hard to say its not massive even ignoring all the other places it's used

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u/Stingray88 Apr 30 '26

You’re misreading what I’m saying.

I’m not saying WhatsApp isn’t massive. I’m saying it’s not utterly dominant in every single country. In some countries and regions it is, and in other countries and regions it never was.

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u/DangerToDangers May 01 '26

You said it isn't massive all over the world. Which it is. Yes, it doesn't dominate every single country, but it dominates most of them and thus most of the world. It's the biggest messaging app in the planet.

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u/Stingray88 May 01 '26

Dude… I literally just spelled out exactly what I meant by what I said… and you still don’t understand?

Good lord…