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... is it possible to do any kind of business and/or have regular conversations without having to use whatsapp as a main way of communication?

If you'd like you can say in what country you're living.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one said it is forced. It ia relatable to me as I live in East Europe and all my people use WhatsApp. It really is the main way of communication.

Businesses also use WhatsApp. Like boutique or handmade good stores, to have special requests or, for anything you can name as a conversation.

We have family group in WhatsApp. Any special occasion or events, we communicate on that group.

Like, 10-15 years before, it was MSN or equivalents. It evolved to WhatsApp. Telegram, too.

edit: Sorry I misread the title :) But I still don't think people are forced to use WhatsApp. This is the way it goes.

[–] tcrpz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

No one said it is forced

The OP uses the word forced in the title

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Yeah but one can infer that it's not a literal governmental force but a societal force

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thank God we’ve kept the Reddit tradition of not reading the article, the comment, or the post title.

I was starting to miss that.

/s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it so cool? It keeps me motivated to argue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like context and reading comprehension. Are we still doing that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I instantly edited my comment when I re-read the title to check if op actually said "forced". Thanks for reading my full comment.