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Honestly, Whatsapp will just find a way to block him. At that point he's got paying customers that won't have service. Let's see how he handles that...

em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
Why would Whatsapp block him. On the contrary, he is providing Whatsapp access to all these Indian users of $20 of Jio phones. I believe it is Jio that is blocking access to Whatsapp (maybe Jio wants their customers to use Jio's own messaging app).
- as1mov 9y ago
  The phone mentioned in the article is a $20 feature phone that runs a fork of FirefoxOS. It's not Jio that's blocking the app, just that it's not available on the platform.
  - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
    From what I can tell, all that Browserling is doing is allowing you to browse as if you were on another browser, and the Indian users are simply wanting to access the Whatsapp web app (https://web.whatsapp.com/ https://web.whatsapp.com/). That must mean that Jio is somehow preventing its users from fully using that webapp. Doesn't matter that there isn't a native Whatsapp app in FirefoxOS.
    - orf 9y ago
      Perhaps Whatsapp web doesn't support the browser on the phone, rather than some conspiracy to block it?
      - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
        That's probably it. Still my second point that he is actually helping out Whatsapp stands.
      - skocznymroczny 9y ago
        Whatsapp Web on the phone sounds a bit pointless, because it's not really whatsapp web, it's just a frontend for the mobile app (if you lose connection on your phone, you lose connection on Whatsapp Web).
    - vinw 9y ago
      Whatsapp is doing the blocking. See for example the problems that Vivaldi browser has had https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/644173304404836352?lang=en https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/644173304404836352...
- godzillabrennus 9y ago
  WhatsApp should just buy him :-)
- veli_joza 9y ago
  I don't know anything about Browserling service, but it seems it renders web page in Chome and somehow streams interactive version of page to any browser? If so, then it's huge breach of privacy for Whatsapp users. The service can read, modify and inject content. Scary.

em3rgent0rdr 9y ago

Why would Whatsapp block him. On the contrary, he is providing Whatsapp access to all these Indian users of $20 of Jio phones. I believe it is Jio that is blocking access to Whatsapp (maybe Jio wants their customers to use Jio's own messaging app).

as1mov 9y ago
The phone mentioned in the article is a $20 feature phone that runs a fork of FirefoxOS. It's not Jio that's blocking the app, just that it's not available on the platform.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
  From what I can tell, all that Browserling is doing is allowing you to browse as if you were on another browser, and the Indian users are simply wanting to access the Whatsapp web app (https://web.whatsapp.com/ https://web.whatsapp.com/). That must mean that Jio is somehow preventing its users from fully using that webapp. Doesn't matter that there isn't a native Whatsapp app in FirefoxOS.
  - orf 9y ago
    Perhaps Whatsapp web doesn't support the browser on the phone, rather than some conspiracy to block it?
    - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
      That's probably it. Still my second point that he is actually helping out Whatsapp stands.
    - skocznymroczny 9y ago
      Whatsapp Web on the phone sounds a bit pointless, because it's not really whatsapp web, it's just a frontend for the mobile app (if you lose connection on your phone, you lose connection on Whatsapp Web).
  - vinw 9y ago
    Whatsapp is doing the blocking. See for example the problems that Vivaldi browser has had https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/644173304404836352?lang=en https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/644173304404836352...
godzillabrennus 9y ago
WhatsApp should just buy him :-)
veli_joza 9y ago
I don't know anything about Browserling service, but it seems it renders web page in Chome and somehow streams interactive version of page to any browser? If so, then it's huge breach of privacy for Whatsapp users. The service can read, modify and inject content. Scary.