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Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone.
I guess they could do an "untethered" desktop version but they don't really want to. Solve syncing of history etc but it's doable. But they just love living in your pocket. It's all about owning you, and that's easier if they stay with you all the time.
This is not an independent app. It is still tethered to the phone, and can't work without it :(
It would be also very useful for the few times that I run out of battery.
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I guess they could do an "untethered" desktop version but they don't really want to. Solve syncing of history etc but it's doable. But they just love living in your pocket. It's all about owning you, and that's easier if they stay with you all the time.
I feel the same way. Just build an independent app already. Telegram did it well. What's stopping WhatsApp ?
Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone.
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That's why some people criticise Telegram: Their messages have to be stored unencrypted for their setup to work.
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Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on desktop
Actually they're removing it on Android even :(
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With a desktop app you can easily and quickly command-tab to it if you want to use it. In contrast with a web app it's often awkward and time consuming to find the window/tab of the web app you're running amongst your other browser windows/tabs.
Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on desktop
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I guess they could do an "untethered" desktop version but they don't really want to. Solve syncing of history etc but it's doable. But they just love living in your pocket. It's all about owning you, and that's easier if they stay with you all the time.
I feel the same way. Just build an independent app already. Telegram did it well. What's stopping WhatsApp ?
FB did not pay billions for the most popular chat app just to let 1 billion people use it for free forever...
Windows 8 minimum? Is this an UWP app or what's the reasoning here? Edit: I downloaded and successfully launched this on Windows 7. It seems like a standard Electron app. Now I wonder if the Windows 8 requirement is purely for tech support reasons, or if there's some specific feature that would fail on Windows 7.
Microsoft doesn't support Windows 7 any more, why should WhatsApp?
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Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on desktop
This used to be possible on desktop with create application shortcuts, but this feature seems to be gone now :(
Hamburger Menu -> More Tools -> Add to Desktop
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I feel the same way. Just build an independent app already. Telegram did it well. What's stopping WhatsApp ?
As kawera said two comments above yours: Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone. ---- That's why some people criticise Telegram: Their messages have to be stored unencrypted for their setup to work.