• wile_e8@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s kind of amazing it took this long - I don’t know why they didn’t do it this way from the start.

    • loki@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      With how often Google drops messaging apps, they were probably having internal conflicts with another messaging app in the pipeline.

      Google messages won this round of rock, paper, and scissors and lives to see another day. lol

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        1 year ago

        With how often Google drops messaging apps, they were probably having internal conflicts with another messaging app in the pipeline.

        Google Messages is just their SMS app. How would that be in conflict with whatever else they have in development?

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    1 year ago

    Since when did you need to scan a QR code to read your text messages on a desktop? I’ve never had to do anything like that.

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      1 year ago

      Huh? I’ve had to do that for years now. How did yours ever pair?

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      1 year ago

      That’s how I get WhatsApp on a desktop browser, have done for years. Sometimes I’m sending a photo that’s only on the hard drive. Also it’s easier to type.