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Why it is discontinued?

Asked by Ayrton Santana

This seem to be a good project.
What is the main reason to discontinue this?

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Best Matthias Gehre (m-gehre) said : 		#1

1) It's unclear if there are legal concerns
2) The protocol is changed frequently which breaks this client every time
3) I currently don't have a lot of time

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Ayrton Santana (ayrton) said : 		#2

Thanks Matthias Gehre, that solved my question.

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davide dallara (ddave090) said : 		#3

I'm sorry if I open this question but I wanted to ask if you've ever considered the option of using openwhatsapp mitakuuluu or as a base for whotshere. mitakuuluu works very well (I use it every day on sailfish os) so I think that even with regard to the legal notice should not be a problem.

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Mateo Salta (mateo-salta) said : 		#4

They are still banning users that use third party clients... so no reason to even try in this case.

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davide dallara (ddave090) said : 		#5

If you don't change the the whatsapp base adding obscure features they will not find you as a third pard client.
Whatsup is the prove of it.
However can you provide whatsapp with a webapp built with https://web.whatsapp.com/ ?

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Ayrton Santana (ayrton) said : 		#6

Not possible because is necessary a cellphone with Whattsapp for use the Web version.
And, also, the whattsapp app need to stay open.

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davide dallara (ddave090) said : 		#7

understood. anyway, if you stay close with the whatsapp standard they will not ban your client users