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> 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, thoug
by 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 agoYes, 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.