Texting is expensive and mobile data for Whatsapp messages is much cheaper, even though mobile data prices are still outrageous.
In South Africa 1 SMS costs 50 cents on standard rates, and 25 cents on bundle rates. For one message. There are 100 cents in one Rand obviously. 1GB of data is around 80 Rand. If one WhatsApp text message is 30kb, 1GB of mobile data gets you over 30 000 WhatsApp texts. Meanwhile that same 80 Rand only gets you around 300 SMS's on bundle rates.
But why? Why not just text people? What does WhatsApp give you that’s worth handing over literally every private conversation to Facebook?
well texting people is honestly worse, there is no encryption at all and features are stuck in the stone-ages
Texting is expensive and mobile data for Whatsapp messages is much cheaper, even though mobile data prices are still outrageous.
In South Africa 1 SMS costs 50 cents on standard rates, and 25 cents on bundle rates. For one message. There are 100 cents in one Rand obviously. 1GB of data is around 80 Rand. If one WhatsApp text message is 30kb, 1GB of mobile data gets you over 30 000 WhatsApp texts. Meanwhile that same 80 Rand only gets you around 300 SMS's on bundle rates.