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I seriously can't understand why a billion dollar company with hundreds of engineers can't and won't prioritize the abilitynto seamlessly transfer messages cros
by plibither8 6y ago
I seriously can't understand why a billion dollar company with hundreds of engineers can't and won't prioritize the abilitynto seamlessly transfer messages cross-OS. Its been years since the need for such a "feature", when it shouldn't even be a "feature" in the first place, it should be baked in!
- soneca 6y agoI agree. It should not be that seamless since it needs explicit consent to break end-to-end encryption. But to force you to use iCloud or Google Drive for backup is weird. They should have a proprietary format and hosting for it.
- plibither8 6y agoBy making the customers use an external storage they are relieving themselves of whatever regulations (such as GDPR) they might be imposed of.
- juniperplant 6y agoThere's even a third-party software that is able to do this: https://www.backuptrans.com/android-whatsapp-to-iphone-transfer.html https://www.backuptrans.com/android-whatsapp-to-iphone-trans... I've used it myself.
- dddw 6y agoThat looks pretty dubious
- plibither8 6y agoBut it works, surprisingly! I paid $30 for it quite hesitantly but was impressed when it could actually do what is says. Makes me think why there isn't an open-source program that does this - using something proprietary is always... shady. Lack of incentive I guess.