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This gets blocked on WhatsApp end in 3, 2, 1...

by eps 9y ago

peteretep 9y ago
Why would it? It seems like lots of additional WhatsApp users, but they don't need to support a shitty phone.
- ec109685 9y ago
  This guy has access to all of WhatsApp credentials that flow through his virtual browser.
em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
I don't see why WhatsApp would want to block...rather it is the Jio phone company that sees this as a threat to Jio's own messaging app.
- v1nc 9y ago
  Do you really think WhatsApp doesn't work on phones like Jio because WhatsApp doesnt has enough capabilitys to support it ? WhatsApp actively blocks phone models that doesn't fit in their needs. WhatsApps first priority is blocking chat-/spambots, because they are only making money with selling access for companies. To enchant the bot detection, the WhatsApp API needs to get more and more complex. If a older or cheaper phone doesn't support the complex API anymore, botblocking is more important than backwards compability. It follows that great tools like the Matrix bridge never will working with WhatsApp.
  - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
    I don't know for sure why it doesn't work on Jio phones. What you said makes sense, though. WhatsApp should be able to figure out a way to perform human user detection on these cheap phones. What type of API does FirefoxOS lack?
bromuro 9y ago
I never understand this 3, 2, 1 comments I see often on reddit ... and on HN ... what do they mean? Is something from the US television?
- deepakkarki 9y ago
  It's more like a countdown to tell how quickly something is going to happen. In this case whatsapp blocking browserling.
  - bromuro 9y ago
    And is the countdown supposed to make the comment funnier or what? I was supposing a joke from a tv show or something else I don’t get.
    - tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y ago
      The countdown simply means “quickly”, “in no time” or “very soon”. You can read the comment as “This gets blocked on WhatsApp’s end very soon.”
    - jccalhoun 9y ago
      no, it isn't a reference to a specific thing.
- unwind 9y ago
  I think so (I'm not from the US), it's in the TV Tropes set: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeTwoOne http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeTwoOne.

This gets blocked on WhatsApp end in 3, 2, 1...

by eps 9y ago

This gets blocked on WhatsApp end in 3, 2, 1...

peteretep 9y ago

Why would it? It seems like lots of additional WhatsApp users, but they don't need to support a shitty phone.

ec109685 9y ago
This guy has access to all of WhatsApp credentials that flow through his virtual browser.

em3rgent0rdr 9y ago

I don't see why WhatsApp would want to block...rather it is the Jio phone company that sees this as a threat to Jio's own messaging app.

v1nc 9y ago
Do you really think WhatsApp doesn't work on phones like Jio because WhatsApp doesnt has enough capabilitys to support it ? WhatsApp actively blocks phone models that doesn't fit in their needs. WhatsApps first priority is blocking chat-/spambots, because they are only making money with selling access for companies. To enchant the bot detection, the WhatsApp API needs to get more and more complex. If a older or cheaper phone doesn't support the complex API anymore, botblocking is more important than backwards compability. It follows that great tools like the Matrix bridge never will working with WhatsApp.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
  I don't know for sure why it doesn't work on Jio phones. What you said makes sense, though. WhatsApp should be able to figure out a way to perform human user detection on these cheap phones. What type of API does FirefoxOS lack?

bromuro 9y ago

I never understand this 3, 2, 1 comments I see often on reddit ... and on HN ... what do they mean? Is something from the US television?

deepakkarki 9y ago
It's more like a countdown to tell how quickly something is going to happen. In this case whatsapp blocking browserling.
- bromuro 9y ago
  And is the countdown supposed to make the comment funnier or what? I was supposing a joke from a tv show or something else I don’t get.
  - tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y ago
    The countdown simply means “quickly”, “in no time” or “very soon”. You can read the comment as “This gets blocked on WhatsApp’s end very soon.”
  - jccalhoun 9y ago
    no, it isn't a reference to a specific thing.
unwind 9y ago
I think so (I'm not from the US), it's in the TV Tropes set: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeTwoOne http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeTwoOne.