[New post] WhatsApp blocking links to competing messenger app Telegram

Chance Miller posted: " Popular messaging app WhatsApp, which has nearly one billion active users, has today started a shady method of discouraging its users from switching to one of its primary competitors, Telegram. Telegram has been gaining in popularity recently and What" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google WhatsApp blocking links to competing messenger app Telegram by Chance Miller Popular messaging app WhatsApp, which has nearly one billion active users, has today started a shady method of discouraging its users from switching to one of its primary competitors, Telegram. Telegram has been gaining in popularity recently and WhatsApp clearly is threatened by that. With a silent update pushed to WhatsApp this morning, the company began blocking links to Telegram. Read more of this post Chance Miller | November 30, 2015 at 5:33 pm | Tags: apps, Facebook, Telegram, whatsapp | Categories: Android | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-wLW Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/11/30/whats-app-telegram/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com