WhatsApp debuts new in-app shopping features and more
www.androidcentral.com
You can now buy goodies directly within the app.

All these (ad)ons always take priority over performance.

  • relyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Am I the only one who doesn’t want any, “do everything,” apps? I’d rather have 10 apps that each do one thing really well than have one app that haphazardly attempts to do 10 things.

  • Neptune@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    WhatsApp is a shithole. Communities, Channels, Payments, Avatars all these destroyed the simple chat app. Meta is aiming for a monopoly here.

    Signal and Telegram pretty much useless if you don’t have your needful people on the platform.

  • 01011@monero.townEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Whatsapp turning into WeChat should make Signal and Threema look even better.

    • Veloxization@yiffit.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      What I did was say I’m deleting my WhatsApp account in [insert sensible time] and if anyone wants to contact me, to use Signal. Lost contact to some, but many followed.

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Great, I can’t wait for Whatsapp to be the only way to reach customer support and make payments. I always felt the confused look of people when I tell them I don’t have Whatsapp wasn’t enough.

    • gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      always felt the confused look of people when I tell them I don’t have Whatsapp wasn’t enough.

      the worst part is that most people cannot fathom that you don’t have Whatsapp and you want to continue not having. The confused look is because their way of thinking is “ok you don’t have, so what, open an account, it’s taking 10 seconds”.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        11 months ago

        When contractors try to get me to communicate with them on what’s appropriate, I am happy to tell them that it’s forbidden on company devices.

        Typically that conversation started on email, which they don’t want to continue using for reasons they usually can’t explain well.

    • Chetzemoka@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yep, when Meta bought it, I warned my group friend chats that the second they start trying to monetize it, I’m going to whine until they all switch to Signal. Guess it’s time to start nagging

  • progettarsi@feddit.itEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    pls whatsapp stop copying from fucking telegram there should be a law to make it not possible this is killing competition

  • TheMadnessKing@lemdro.idEnglish
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    1 year ago

    During the peak of Whatsapp Controversy, I had 50 out 450+ contacts on Signal. Now it is just 5 people.

    • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Mostly because of the 400+ who remained on WhatsApp, the 45 of 50 decided to move back and the 5 probably are running both apps

      • TheMadnessKing@lemdro.idEnglish
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        1 year ago

        True. They stick to WhatsApp as all th convo goes there and it laziness to switch over, copy data and all .

        Srsly I hope people will start installing Signal once again.

  • TacoEvent@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s a little hard to imagine for us Americans, but internationally WhatsApp has a thriving unofficial ecosystem of businesses operating solely out of the chat app.

    I love to hate on Meta as much as the next guy on Lemmy, but this is probably one of the sounder business decisions Meta has made in awhile.