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Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web by venomsnake on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:03AM (#8928917)
Facebook made the "Brilliant" move to remove the chat functionality from their app. So I am forced to use the mobile site of facebook ...
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Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web by ponyous on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:17AM (#8928959)
On what platform are you? Is there no Messenger for it? (Maybe I'm missing the point)
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Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web by venomsnake on Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:13AM (#8929185)
Why should I have 2 crippled apps than one functional. Also one that has degraded functionality. And until android has fake permissions I won't install messenger.
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Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web by k-mcgrady on Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:59AM (#8929434)
>> "Why should I have 2 crippled apps than one functional."

I feel the opposite. Why should I have 1 slow, bogged down app when I can have two fast, functional ones?

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Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web by lgeek on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:03AM (#8929461)
> And until android has fake permissions I won't install messenger.

Cyanogenmod has Privacy Guard, which is pretty much that.

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