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This isn't really what an "everything app" is. WhatsApp is a chat app (+ some barebones community stuff, which Telegram and Discord also have). To be an everyt
by Mond_ 2y ago
This isn't really what an "everything app" is. WhatsApp is a chat app (+ some barebones community stuff, which Telegram and Discord also have).
To be an everything app, it needs to have, at the very least, a built-in payment system, fully featured social media content (ie. proper feeds and comments, at least on the level of Twitter), and non-trivial integration with other apps, businesses, and/or government entities. (This isn't even getting into eg. paying rent, ordering takeout, playing games, etc.)
Calling WhatsApp is just kind of missing the point of the definition.
- spookie 2y agoYeah I fear this is the case really. At most, WhatsApp is a way to communicate with businesses while keeping a separation of concerns for those running them. It is simply better than SMS and is dead simple. You can have a business app that makes this be a separate thing from your personal life while using the same phone. I have seen it used as a way to contact restaurants or local stores, order stuff, but that was the extent of it. Just communication, nothing else. For me, at least, it has only been the messaging app I'm willing to use to be in touch with non-techie friends.