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pjmlp ◴[] No.44507998[source]
The consumer protection laws are so bad the other side of Atlantic.

Most European countries, have their own version of consumer protection agencies, usually any kind of complaint gets sorted out, even if takes a couple months.

If they fail for whatever reason, there is still the top European one.

Most of the time I read about FTC, it appears to side with the wrong guys.

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aqme28 ◴[] No.44508987[source]
Absolutely. I don't know if it's the FTC or FCC, but the moment I swap back to my American SIM card on trips to the US, I start getting spam texts that I cannot get rid of. Meanwhile I get absolutely zero of these with my European number.
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1. rafram ◴[] No.44509784[source]
People don't really use SMS in Europe, do they? WhatsApp spam is very pervasive, though.
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2. xcf_seetan ◴[] No.44510232[source]
Actually I am european and use sms a lot. Dont even have WhatsApp installed... :)
3. xxs ◴[] No.44510513[source]
>People don't really use SMS in Europe, do they

Europe is very far from being a single entity. Yet, SMS/RCS is popular enough, and in many countries WhatsApp is non-existent.

4. mrweasel ◴[] No.44512993[source]
Everyone has SMS, they may also have WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or whatever is popular in any given market, but everyone has SMS.
5. Ekaros ◴[] No.44513279[source]
I don't think I get any corporate communication from WhatsApp it is all SMS. For chatting WhatsApp is popular, but companies just send SMS.