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Cyanide
7y

Why does Whatsapp need an explicit permission to update the web app. What's the point?

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  • 2
    Why would it need to even ask for such a thing is out there for me. But what could it be for? 🤔
  • 7
    I think it stores assets locally that need to be updated. So it asks for permission.
  • 4
    It's actually good practice I think. I used Meteor which automatically reloads all online users' pages if you push an update. Unless you use an undocumented feature to prevent that...

    It's usually a client side javascript update and they want you to use the latest version by reloading the page.
  • 4
    I'd much rather be asked to refresh than it being forced upon me. That'd be like an IDE downloading an update and then automatically restarting itself
  • 0
    @adbo Shouldn't it just update itself on the next start?
  • 0
    @Cyanide Does it not? I have my Chrome on "continue where I left off" so it wouldn't have a chance
  • 0
    @adbo Nope it doesn't. Asks every time.
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