What's App?
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I use WhatsApp quite a bit. I dont think it is different from other social media apps that are used to communicate. But I dont give WhatsApp access to my microphone.
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I use WhatsApp quite a bit. I dont think it is different from other social media apps that are used to communicate. But I dont give WhatsApp access to my microphone.
@taiwan_girl said in What's App?:
I use WhatsApp quite a bit. I dont think it is different from other social media apps that are used to communicate. But I dont give WhatsApp access to my microphone.
The point of this tweet was that he didn't give What's App access to the microphone. The guy who posted it is a Twitter engineer.
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In my neck of woods there is no one who doesn’t use WhatsApp. No one. Its interface is so much better than iMessage or what eve r those other message apps are called.
Everyone uses it. It’s another one of those things where American exceptionalism is so out of touch with the rest of the world. Sorta like the metric system. It’s a better platform. But go convince someone in America.
Then again, they also haven’t figured out universal health care so it’s not surprising.
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I use WhatAapp all the time.And I love it.
Also, Elon Mask and Twitter are definitely not to be trusted
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In my neck of woods there is no one who doesn’t use WhatsApp. No one. Its interface is so much better than iMessage or what eve r those other message apps are called.
Everyone uses it. It’s another one of those things where American exceptionalism is so out of touch with the rest of the world. Sorta like the metric system. It’s a better platform. But go convince someone in America.
Then again, they also haven’t figured out universal health care so it’s not surprising.
@bachophile said in What's App?:
In my neck of woods there is no one who doesn’t use WhatsApp. No one. Its interface is so much better than iMessage or what eve r those other message apps are called.
Everyone uses it. It’s another one of those things where American exceptionalism is so out of touch with the rest of the world. Sorta like the metric system. It’s a better platform. But go convince someone in America.
Then again, they also haven’t figured out universal health care so it’s not surprising.
I agree, it just works.
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Facebook/Meta bought out WhatsApp in 2014.
As long as you trust Facebook/Meta with your messages, WhatsApp is good.
(Yeah, there's supposed to be end-to-end encryption, but still the encryption is setup by software controlled by Facebook/Meta, so some level of trust is still needed.) -
@George-K I can’t put my finger on it. It’s just a super intuitive interface. One of its most common uses here are WhatsApp groups. I’m in so many. Surgery dept. surgery dept attendings. Breast center. Melanoma unit. And that’s just work. Then family groups. Kids. Cousins. One with just my brother and sister. We have a neighbor group. When I go to a conference, we make a small group of our crowd at the conference for meeting up for meals and stuff. Groups for events like weddings or parties.
I did a random search for “best messaging apps”
Here is just one hit.
WhatsApp is the undisputed ruler of free mobile messaging in much of the world. Launched in 2009 as a way to send messages over a data connection rather than SMS, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014. Since then, the service has grown both its feature set and user base. As of 2022, it has around two billion daily users, and it's easy to see why: it's a shockingly decent service.
The app is a fully-featured messaging client that supports text chats, as well as photos, short videos, and voice messaging. There's a status feature that allows you to share an Instagram-like story with your contacts. You can also send files (up to 2GB in size) to other users on WhatsApp. Chats take the form of one-on-one interactions with other WhatsApp users or group chats of up to 512 participants.
Despite being the most popular messaging service in the world and being owned by Facebook parent company Meta, WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption enabled for all conversations. Everything you send, including file transfers, is fully encrypted. Encrypted messages are even removed from WhatsApp's servers once they're delivered.
WhatsApp has a distinctive look and feel. Its signature double tick next to each message indicates that a message has been sent (one checkmark) and delivered (two checkmarks). When the two ticks turn blue, you know that the recipient has read your message too. You can further customize your experience by changing the chat wallpaper under the app's settings, renaming groups, and setting custom alerts on a per-chat basis.
WhatsApp users can place free voice and video calls to other users of the service. Group calls can be made with up to 32 people, and all communication is secured with the same end-to-end encryption. You can also download WhatsApp desktop apps for Windows and Mac, or access the service via a browser at web.whatsapp.com, although in all cases, your smartphone still needs to be on.
All in all, WhatsApp ticks pretty much every box.
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Does anyone here use LINE? That is probably more popular than WhatsApp in the Asia area.
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I agree, everyone is on WhatsApp.
I also use telegram a lot, and prefer it over WhatsApp if I can choose. They offer real encryption, better anonymity, larger groups with many thousand members, a good desktop app, and a few other things that WhatsApp does not have.
