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WhatsApp doesn't understand the web

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Re: WhatsApp doesn't understand the web

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Post by Joona »

vertex-four wrote: post #2

Umm. Obviously the web client is supposed to be used on the desktop, not on a phone. They have apps for phones. Doesn't excuse the Chrome-only-ness, though.

I have a Jolla (Sailfish) phone. I can not use the web client, because I need an Android, Windows or Blackberry phone. WhatsApp does however work fine on my phone (via Alien Dalvik).

This "web client" is not actually a web client - it's just an app for your phone that you can display on your computer monitor.

Re: WhatsApp doesn't understand the web

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Post by DanBC »

vertex-four wrote: post #2

Umm. Obviously the web client is supposed to be used on the desktop, not on a phone. They have apps for phones. Doesn't excuse the Chrome-only-ness, though.

There are phones that have WWW access that do not run Android or iOS.

Whatsapp apps miss very many people who'd use it if they could.

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Post by bcraven »

vertex-four wrote: post #2

Umm. Obviously the web client is supposed to be used on the desktop, not on a phone. They have apps for phones. Doesn't excuse the Chrome-only-ness, though.

>not on a phone

If the app isn't running on the phone then there shouldn't be any need for the phone to be connected to the internet ("Mistake Three" in the article)

Re: WhatsApp doesn't understand the web

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Post by snitko »

eatonphil wrote: post #3

To be fair, the WeChat desktop client also requires that you scan a QR code from your smartphone to log in. I'm not defending WeChat, but it doesn't seem like the author knows WhatsApp is not alone there.

Exactly. This is outrageous. The only decent chat app these days is Telegram, really. Even they still want you to use your phone to log in (but only once). But I guess that's the way it is for now.

Frankly, I hope those apps will all be gone and forgotten in favor of an actual open sourced, widely used protocol. Or maybe they'd incorporate one. But in any case, I think it's a shame that when email is decentralized, chatting is not.

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