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C0D4669373yThe browser is less invasive.
You have gps location, you have a microphone, sensors, Bluetooth data, you name it on a phone.
A browser on the other hand, you have a browser and an ip. -
WhatsApp is the only major culprit of this crime I know, and it's rightfully so, being the most mainstream, shittiest and from a past age messenger service
Only the fact that you need the phone to have constant internet connection should be the deal-breaker for a lot more people -
Ten911443yIf things were popular based on their efficiency and correctness, we would live in a much better world
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