this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

WhatsApp is usually 2 years behind Telegram for all cool and interesting features.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Except people at one point realized that IE is shit and switched to better alternatives. I don't see this happening with WhatsApp - everyone and their great grandfather uses it and all other messengers are niche occurrences

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Technically, unironically, its latest desktop version for Windows is better than expected. It's no longer based on Electron or whatever, consumes less resources than before and works adequately.

That said, I still don't like it.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It has become better, though.

  • Multi-device (without your primary device needing an internet connection)
  • Deleting messages
  • Editing messages
  • Reactions
  • Larger file uploads…
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

i think we should stop using this specific variation of the meme even though it's the original because crowder is cringe

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It has at least one advantage relative to ie6.exe - it's cross platform.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I have WhatsApp and Viber. 95% of people use WhatsApp, even though I prefer Viber. I do not really have anything against it, even if FB owns it. And I do not have a FB account.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Best messaging app is the one that has most users and is free to use. Sadly the truth is so simple, that's why everyone in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America use WhatsApp.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Asia

Not in East Asia. Japan is all about LINE, South Korea uses KakaoTalk, and China uses WeChat.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I still use IRC daily

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

WhatsApp is like hemorrhoids, you can try to ignore it but it's getting your attention eventually no matter how hard you try.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

more like netscape....

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No, I don’t think I will.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wish. It's completely replaced text messaging in a lot of countries, it's not going away anytime soon

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