WhatsApp ditches native apps — users stuck with clunky web shell, get mad

WhatsApp is moving Windows users to a wrapped web app that can consume far more RAM than the native version.
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WhatsApp’s Windows app is about to get much slower for PC users

Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, is planning to replace the current Windows app for a simpler web wrapper version. According to Windows Latest, the latest beta version of WhatsApp for PC users will ...