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The "sad thing" is that Whatsapp is 10x-50x more popular in my country and its quite hard to integrate (APIs, bots) compared to Telegram, at least for "small bu
by swah 5y ago
The "sad thing" is that Whatsapp is 10x-50x more popular in my country and its quite hard to integrate (APIs, bots) compared to Telegram, at least for "small business".
I wonder if Telegram would also be more closed if it was #1...
- vinay427 5y agoTelegram doesn't support bots and most other advanced features for E2EE conversations either. It seems at least as valid (IMO) to speculate that WhatsApp's lack of API/bot support is due to an additional technical hurdle than its dominant market status.
- CodeGlitch 5y ago> Telegram doesn't support bots I think it does: https://core.telegram.org/bots https://core.telegram.org/bots
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- SecurityLagoon 5y agoYou missed it was in the context of E2EE chats.
- lacogubik 5y agoWhatsApp recently launched hosted API [1] for faster and easier integration for small business [1] https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/01/whatsapp-brings-its-business-api-to-the-cloud-to-speed-adoption/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/01/whatsapp-brings-its-busine...
- swah 5y agoI think its the same thing [1], but applied anyway with my 1-one company. [1] https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/whatsapp-business-api/getting-access-to-business-api?fbclid=IwAR3SNPmEl7CyBITljlJp6krZq9Lb3Mz_qqimVa37ODlRck0D8oK4DRqMTFw https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/whatsapp-business-api/getti...