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Without WhatsApp support it will not go far.
by pr337h4m 3mo ago
Without WhatsApp support it will not go far.
- collabs 3mo ago> Without WhatsApp support it will not go far. Speaking of which, it is bizarre how the tables have turned. Whatsapp used to support everything under the sun... But now it is all Android and iPhone
- ObscureScience 3mo agoThis one was recently up in HN: https://dumbermini.com/ https://dumbermini.com/
- KeplerBoy 3mo agoTo be fair there's nothing else left under this sun.
- w4der 3mo agoIt's a chicken and egg problem tho, whatsapp doesn't support smaller platforms, and smaller platforms can't grow without app support. I remember that the uptake of Windows Phone 7 and early versions of 8 was pretty low partly because whatsapp didn't support that OS.
- rjsw 3mo agoWhatsApp has reduced the number of platforms that they support, they had a KaiOS app but disabled it last year.
- w4der 3mo agoI know, but my comment was more along the lines of Windows Phone 7 coming out in 2010 and whatsapp being available a year later, and of whatsapp not having a native app for Sailfish
- notpushkin 3mo agoThey could do Telegram at least, which has a non-zero user base (not sure about India, though, which seems to be their target market), and supports third party clients. Rolling their own chat app is... well, good luck with that.