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		thw_9a83c 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrappe... > Meta would have been better off doing like Telegram and just using Qt. Qt would certainly be the better choice. However, since Meta already has a web version of the WhatsApp client, the WebView2 path was an easy and inexpensive option. After all, MS itself paved the way with Teams, Visual Studio Code, and Outlook.

TiredOfLife 3 months ago [–]

VS Code is Electron not WebView2

wkat4242 3 months ago | [–]

Same thing though. Electron is chrome. Webview2 is edge which is really just chrome with a bit of UI sauce over it.

Rapzid 3 months ago | | [–]

That's not the same thing though.

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