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		josu on Jan 21, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Whatsapp Web "Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to provide web client to our iOS users due to Apple platform limitations." And even if they could, I'd doubt that they'd make Facebook wait 5 days for their app to be aproved.

everhardt on Jan 21, 2015 [–]

Assumption: the platform limitation is that it's not allowed to run an app (continuously) in the background, which is required for WhatsApp web

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