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>or going through a ludicrous ritual of photographing a QR code

You know you have to do that only once yes?

You have to do it every time you use WhatsApp web. Not for each message, but it's an unwanted ceremony nonetheless.

No. It's only the first time. Then the key is stored in the browser forever (or, at least, for a very long time)

Not for me. It's every time, even though I can see right in the app my exact computer & browser it still wants me to re-scan.