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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by cat199 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:46PM (#25666665)
> cross-platform messaging was new.

when was cross-platform messaging ever new?

... IRC, AIM, etc ...

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by beagle3 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:22AM (#25667564)
Neither was effectively available on phones ever.

This is in relation to iMessage vs BBM vs whatever was popular on Android at the time.

(And they got on boarding, group functionality and UI better than anyone for a very long time)

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