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    [–] [email protected] 112 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Isn't the web version a full client that works without a phone nearby nowadays?

    [–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Yes it is, and because of who owns it, I would even prefer that to an unsandboxed closed source native binary.

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Pretty much I'll never understand why people want their webpages to be apps with access to all your shit

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

    It's because the vast, vast, VAST majority of people have no idea that many apps are just showing a website. Also, the app version is almost always more efficient in terms of precious phone screen real estate compared to a browser. Apps also remember who you are so you don't have to login. It isn't hard to understand why people like them.

    That said, many apps are horrible from a privacy perspective. But that is largely hidden from the average user, most of whom simply don't think much about online privacy anyway.

    I hope the ubiquity of irritating ads are the thin edge of the wedge that gets more people interested in ad-blocking, and then perhaps online privacy more generally.

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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Yes, but no calls, because apparently a browser doesnt have microphone and speaker support

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    [–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't install it on my system in any case.

    [–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Same. No sane linux user should.

    Und: Hubi ist Linux Nutzer konfirmiert. - 2023, koloriert

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago
    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I don’t like WhatsApp, but some people simply refuse to use anything else (“better”) and the web clients can bridge the gap but it’s extremely annoying not being able to answer a call with a person you are texting

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    [–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Stop using Facebook products

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

    I'm tired of seeing it

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    Even if it exists, then it does not have to be good. Look at Microsoft Teams.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I also hate it but unfortunately have to use it for work.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It's a stopgap but Teams for Linux at least gives you Wayland support, choice of seperate window sharing and background filters

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    [–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    WhatsApp is owned by Meta right?

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Not sure why anyone would use it. I certainly wouldn't.

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago

    Couple reasons:

    WhatsApp was its own company, took advantage of an open market in EU where SMS (and "international" phone calls?) were extra rate charges on mobile phones. Once every one got accustomed to using whatsapp Meta took it over and now we're stuck with it.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    To communicate with anyone outside of the US, where it is extremely popular and is the main interaction with many businesses as well.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It's almost impossible not to sadly, at least if you want to reach everybody in ypur contacts... It was the first popular messaging app here and inertia prevents people from moving to better alternatives now.

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    [–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It's a web app, you don't really need a native application for it.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    I just use discord via the browser. Why would I allow it to harvest my data as an app?

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    [–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Meanwhile in the US and Canada: So, I'll just send an SMS, k?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    Also in the US: Blue SmS right?

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    [–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

    Stop using that shit

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    "best i can do is a chromium only web app"

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Works in Firefox for me

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

    Facebook couldn't bother making a proper Android app for years. Now you want them to make Linux apps? The likelihood is small...

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    My MF smartwatch has WhatsApp but still no Linux version.

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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    You shouldn't use this app in the first place. It had many data breaches and it copy everything from Telegram (maybe everyone copies, but I don't use other apps). I only mainly use Telegram and Matrix.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    It's impossible to convince that to friends and family. In my country everyone use WhatsApp as primary messaging app . It's kind of like iMessage situation in US

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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    VIBER HAS A LINUX VERSION?!?!

    also android is kinda linux

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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Why are we installing Whatsapp to begin with?

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Where I live everything is on WhatsApp. You want to get ahold of a business: WhatsApp, friends organizing a party: WhatsApp, want to check the traffic: WhatsApp.

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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Discord on Linux kinda sucks, though. It's more resource demanding than the Windows version and I can't even stream with audio.

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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    web.whatsapp.com works really well

    edit: It does not do voice or video but I'm OK switching to my phone for those

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Its proprietary so that's not a shock

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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    There are plenty of desktop wrappers available for the Web version. I don't use WhatsApp often but from my experience it seems fairly similar to the Windows desktop app

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