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WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1.2GB of RAM doing nothing
(www.windowslatest.com)
Oh it's doing plenty. Just not for you.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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Not too sure about the 'doing nothing' part.
True.
People using Meta's products are masochists.
"Yes, daddy, please violate my privacy even more and manipulate me into hating myself and making me addicted to your shit."
Well most people dont have any other option since 100% of your friends and families are exclusively on WhatsApp , whatsapp had early mover advantage it was free and easy to use so now everyone just uses it
so did my-space
Social media and chat applications are different, better comparison would be Skype or MSN Messenger or AIM.
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If your friends can not be arsed to install an app on their phone for you, I got some bad news.
Actually it's not just friends ( we did shifted to telegram a while back ) most people where I am from use WhatsApp grand parents to grand parents to even some college official group ( yeah Ik )
My government and employers would not move away from WhatsApp, so, short of lobbying, I am forced to remain.
Anything owned by facebook is already the worst app on whatever device it's installed on.
My Windows 11 PC? Where?
My Linux PC doesn't have WhatsApp installed. Someone tell me where this Windows 11 PC is so I can retrieve it and install Linux on that too.
I'm shocked to learn that a dedicated browser always running in the background for a chat app uses 100x the memory and resources
I'm not using it nor the Facebook Messenger app, but rather their messenger in the browser. Meta is an evil necessity in my country because the businesses I deal with are mostly active on Facebook, and almost all people are tethered to it, and I have to use a facade where I don't have to give Zuck anything about myself.
Preferred by scammers
What Windows 11 pc exactly? 😎
That one.
Ew. Why not use the browser version
There is no other version. An electron app is a browser app.
You can still just open it in the browser
How will that help?
microsoft committments to ui frameworks can be gotten in bulk, for free at your nearest flea market
Pah, only 1.2GB? How can it even move a mouse pointer or accept keyboard input?!?
The app is always lagging behind the web version too, it's just not worthy it.
What do you mean, the app is the web version now
If that's the case, why not just use webview, instead of packing a whole separate browser?
Obviously not aiming that at you op, but if someone has an insight on this, I'm curious.
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