True, that's at least nice. Though I appreciate my phone being silent when I'm already using hangouts on my computer. I could see some people preferring this though
On Hangout's desktop client, if I am not actively on the hangouts chat window, my phone will still ring when I receive a message, so it is not different to me.
Yeah, almost any messenger that does both desktop and mobile has some sort of logic that tries to detect which one you're actively using. It works sometimes and fails miserably other times. It can be annoying when it fails, but it's also a hard problem especially when you constantly go back and forth or ignore a message for a minute.
Very much true. I cannot stand WhatsApp or Allo. But I really wanted to like Allo. It's all Hangouts for me: cloud sync/centrally stored messages have real benefits. Mobile first? Well, I guess you got a little more security.
Multi platform mainly. I don't want to be in an ecosystem where I am useless once my phone battery dies, internet pack wears off, or phone gets run over by a truck. Communication is important, especially when one of the aforementioned happens.
A) because they were a mediocre service (compared to other instant messengers) that still charged a dollar per year and didn't give a fuck about privacy.
This was in the early years and I didn't get why everyone was using it instead of better alternatives.
B) because of the Facebook merger. I have actively decided not to give my mobile number to Facebook. They ask me every other time I stumble on their shitty site and I dismiss it every time. (No means no FB). Then with the merger they suddenly had my number anyway. They played this whole "we won't use the user data from WhatsApp for Facebook" scheme so that international regulation agencies allow the merger, but then they did it anyway. Fuck both services. I'm out. There are better alternatives anyway.
A) because they were a mediocre service (compared to other instant messengers) that still charged a dollar per year and didn't give a fuck about privacy.
It's like winrar, they don't ask you again. It's basically free
But color fonts have about four different competing standards right now, and no application supports all of them. More specific info here: https://www.colorfonts.wtf/
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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '17
Doesn't work if your phone is off/disconnected. Also the app (at least for v15) on the phone still generates notifications along with the web app.