I’ve been an avid Telegram user for quite some time now and I’ve noticed something interesting lately. Whatsapp, which has historically lagged behind Telegram in terms of features, seems to be rolling out new updates at a faster pace. It almost feels like they hired a developer from Telegram.

It’s hard to ignore some of the recent additions to Whatsapp that Telegram has had for ages. Examples are

- Multiple device support: Not quite the way it's implemented in TG but close.

- Channels

- Block calls from non-contacts

While it’s possible that WA dev team has stepped up their game and Meta(Facebook) is known for blatantly copying features, I can’t help but wonder if there’s something more going on behind the scenes.

  • notsharp@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Still whatsapp lacks behind many features that telegram has. Also they don’t have any good web interface or a native client for linux where telegram did remarkably the best.
    Even the whatsapp windows client is an electron.

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    1 year ago

    Large orgs copy features constantly. Hell everyone does. Features aren’t intellectual property - and that’s a good thing - and it’s not like anything you’re referencing is a trade secret or tech moat.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I have noticed that Meta have released more updates frequently lately. And Telegram are very late for their next major update. Last major update came out 2 months and 2 days ago.

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    1 year ago

    What I noticed instead: What happened to the sticker flood? Was an extremely talented illustrator turned away?