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WhatsApp is (AFAIK) the only major chat service that offers a J2ME app. There are a _lot_ of feature phones in the Global South, and a lot of telecoms that char
by ForHackernews 9y ago
WhatsApp is (AFAIK) the only major chat service that offers a J2ME app. There are a _lot_ of feature phones in the Global South, and a lot of telecoms that charge gouging rates for SMS and MMS.
- sangnoir 9y ago> WhatsApp is (AFAIK) the only major chat service that offers a J2ME app WhatsApp's support for J2ME ended in 2016[1] - it is now smartphone only, because it requires "advanced features" (or bloat) to compete with Snapchat and complete Facebook's flanking manoeuvre (along with Instagram). 1. https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/s60/21099118 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/s60/21099118
- ForHackernews 9y agoAh, I guess my information is out of date. It's sad that Facebook owns WhatsApp now.