> While all three services will continue operating as stand-alone apps, their underlying messaging infrastructure will be unified...
The headline is missing a key word: infrastructure
The headline is missing a key word: infrastructure
For the end-user, the most "seamless" way to integrate is to adopt Messenger's approach, which will be a security loss for WhatsApp unfortunately. As other users mentioned, there is also the possibility that the end-to-end encryption will lose its default status.
The article says otherwise.
- mark a title as clickbait
- either suggest an alternate title, or accept one from a list of previously submitted alternate titles
When enough karma has gathered behind a title the system can automatically replace it.
I'm not sure if it is done my moderators or it just depends on the original poster to change it.
On the other hand, it is the exact title of the article being linked....
I feel a lot of the comments decrying "clickbait" actually disagree with the opinion or the underlying assumptions the title conveys.
(Such as in this case the question whether or not this is a simple decision over technical details or a broader shift in strategy with consequences for the users)
I fear this feature could be easily abused by people removing the connotation of the title in the name of making it more "objective" - but by doing this, actually throwing out the reason why the article was posted.
If the headline had been "combine," then I agree it would've been clickbait.
That smells like a little more than just infrastructure. More like product integration, with their UIs retaining the old.
Edit:
Also note that the article describes a lot of changes that go far beyond infrastructure - notably, that users can communicate across services and that user profiles from different services might be matched. If done, they would have a lot more far-reaching relevance than technical details.