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devit on Oct 5, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How many lives have been negatively affect...

Whatsapp contacts are phone numbers, so you can just call or text them with the phone network instead if it's essential.

edoceo on Oct 5, 2021 | [–]

Expensive from ZAF to USA tho. Fall back to email was our route.

pedrogrande on Oct 5, 2021 | [–]

In many countries people rely on prepaid minutes and data and these plans usually come with free access to FB, Insta and Whatsapp. If their minutes run out they could normally still use Whatsapp

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