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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter. First drop in daily active users since it started tracking the numbers in 2019
(www.socialmediatoday.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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As one of those adopters 15 years ago, it was a no-brainer. I could either message my wife "free" or send SMSs at 20c each.
Is this still the case?
SMS is now 11 cents, better, but not free. There are a bazillion more apps that do free messaging but everybody, even companies expect to have WhatsApp