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The android/iPhone thing isn’t on purpose, it’s an artifact of the organizational structure at WhatsApp
by e2021 6y ago
The android/iPhone thing isn’t on purpose, it’s an artifact of the organizational structure at WhatsApp
- cerberusss 6y agoWhat makes you sure it's not on purpose? I don't disagree, I'm just curious about your statement.
- scarface74 6y agoWhy would WhatsApp want to make it hard to stay on their platform?
- 6510 6y agoThats a different question but 1) they know and 2) they can fix it fast therefore 3) it is on purpose
- beagle3 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law at work.
- the_pwner224 6y agoWhatsApp isn't made by a single indie developer, and wasn't just released by that single indie developer a month ago. If it can't sync between Apple Phones and Android, then WhatsApp has intentionally chosen not to fix that and instead spend many millions of dollars on other stuff. It is on purpose.
- fencepost 6y agoNever used WhatsApp, but is it related to Apple policies? I just ran into something reminiscent of this with Microsoft's Authenticator app - runs on both platforms, supports backup and restore, but apparently on Apple devices it's only able to use iCloud for backup rather than an associated Microsoft account. The net effect is that if you're switching you have to redo 2fa for all accounts where you haven't separately backed up your TOTP codes.