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I guess you only use a cellphone then. Whatsapp desktop/web is terribly slow and requires your cellphone to be on at all times. Also, you cannot have whatsapp

I guess you only use a cellphone then. Whatsapp desktop/web is terribly slow and requires your cellphone to be on at all times. Also, you cannot have whatsapp desktop/web active on more than one computer at any time. Also, I do have several identities (work, leisure, even one-offs for website registration/communications) and no, I don't want to give my personal cell number to everyone.

vesak 9y ago
> Whatsapp desktop/web is terribly slow and requires your cellphone to be on at all times. They have a rather sound reason for the cellphone requirement, though. It's because the messages are stored only there and the desktop/web application is just a gateway to your phone. https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/web/28080002 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/web/28080002 This seems like a more secure way to do it than what the others do, which is to store the messages in their servers.
- Certhas 9y ago
  Yes, but it means it will never be an email replacement. The people without smartphones that I work with can use email. I can get to my email anywhere, everywhere, whether I have a phone or not. Of course that may be considered an anti-feature from the point of view of security, but it explains why IM apps can not replace email.