WhatsApp. The American company was forced to take a controversial decision for the platform that is accessed by more than 1.5 billion users with iOS and Android, and its impact will be quite large. About 2 weeks ago I told you that Apple made the decision to block the publication in the App Store of the applications that allowed the addition of stickers for the WhatsApp application, all because they were too simple, and did not bring a useful functionality.
WhatsApp. Two weeks after that decision was made, the application was left without a button to open the section of the App Store that allows the installation of applications that implement new stickers. WhatsApp's decision is more than likely related to Apple's to prevent the publication of applications that bring stickers for users, and unfortunately only regular users are affected by these controversial decisions of the companies.
WhatsApp. RADICAL and very CONTROVERSIAL decision
WhatsApp. Without having a direct link to the App Store, where they can download new stickers in iOS, users have to search for information on the methods by which they can bring more ways to express themselves into the application. Those at WhatsApp don't really have anything to do in this situation, because Apple is very stubborn when it comes to applications, and publishes only what suits it, whether it violates its rules or not, sometimes violating them with its own distributed applications through the App Store.
❌ WhatsApp has remotely disabled the AppStore shortcut in the Sticker Store, on iOS! pic.twitter.com/D28tPMUFAC
- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 10, 2018
WhatsApp. On the Android platform, this problem does not exist, because Google Play is full of applications with stickers, and if they are not there, they can be downloaded from anywhere on the Internet and implemented in phones. In iOS, things are much more restrictive, controlled much more seriously by the Apple company, and so users who use WhatsApp on iPhones end up in the situation of not being able to do everything they want on their own phones.