RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoWhatsApp is adding the ability to save contacts within the app independently from your smartphone’s address book.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down16
arrow-up141arrow-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 · 26 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaredudenas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·26 days agoBecause how could you sell contact data to google and apple if they already have it?
minus-squarexodoh74984@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoOr reinforce your walled garden and strengthen user lock-in?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 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
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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