RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoWhatsApp is adding the ability to save contacts within the app independently from your smartphone’s address book.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp is adding the ability to save contacts within the app independently from your smartphone’s address book.www.theverge.comRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredudenas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·30 days agoBecause how could you sell contact data to google and apple if they already have it?
minus-squarexodoh74984@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·30 days agoOr reinforce your walled garden and strengthen user lock-in?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoWhile these are both certainly true it has also been annoying when I’ve added a regular contact but it doesn’t show up in WhatsApp straight away
Because how could you sell contact data to google and apple if they already have it?
Or reinforce your walled garden and strengthen user lock-in?
While these are both certainly true it has also been annoying when I’ve added a regular contact but it doesn’t show up in WhatsApp straight away