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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by e2021 on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:57AM (#23791499)
The android/iPhone thing isn’t on purpose, it’s an artifact of the organizational structure at WhatsApp
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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by the_pwner224 on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:27AM (#23791760)
WhatsApp isn't made by a single indie developer, and wasn't just released by that single indie developer a month ago. If it can't sync between Apple Phones and Android, then WhatsApp has intentionally chosen not to fix that and instead spend many millions of dollars on other stuff. It is on purpose.
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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by beagle3 on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:05AM (#23791559)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law at work.
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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by fencepost on Saturday July 11, 2020 @10:01AM (#23802270)
Never used WhatsApp, but is it related to Apple policies? I just ran into something reminiscent of this with Microsoft's Authenticator app - runs on both platforms, supports backup and restore, but apparently on Apple devices it's only able to use iCloud for backup rather than an associated Microsoft account.

The net effect is that if you're switching you have to redo 2fa for all accounts where you haven't separately backed up your TOTP codes.

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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by cerberusss on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:05AM (#23791556)
What makes you sure it's not on purpose? I don't disagree, I'm just curious about your statement.
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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by scarface74 on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:15AM (#23791666)
Why would WhatsApp want to make it hard to stay on their platform?
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Re:App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveD... by 6510 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:01AM (#23799645)
Thats a different question but 1) they know and 2) they can fix it fast therefore 3) it is on purpose
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