I deleted both my social media apps a week ago

[muon2]

I deleted my Facebook account at the beginning of 2019 since it was too cluttered and no longer useful. I month later I started a new account for very limited purposes. I have a small number (~20) of friends that I want to be able to engage on Messenger. I also use it to participate in a few Facebook groups where I can maintain regular contact with others.

[muon2]

Whatsapp: Yeah, I use this a lot for communications. Here not having Whatsapp means basically no texting as no one I know of has used SMS in over a decade now.

When I was visiting Germany in 2019, I installed Whatsapp because it was clear that it was how groups and individuals messaged each other there. Here I find that Messenger provides the same function among groups and individuals, and I haven't used Whatsapp since I got back from Europe. Both free you from a single device which is what happens on SMS tied to a single phone number. Nonetheless many of my contacts prefer SMS, presumably since they are 1) older and 2) have my mobile phone number already.