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Whatsapp desktop/web is the epitome of laziness.

When they switched to Electron or whatever it is they removed a ton of options, for example enlarging the font.

Their new macOS app is surprisingly pleasant to use, and much snappier in performance.

Still browser based and no enlarge font option. It obeys cmd +/- to adjust the font size but only for chat text, not for the chat list or the rest of the app.

I’ve been using the beta version of WhatsApp on macOS for a year or so and it’s a native Catalyst app. I kinda assumed the main version had dropped electron and moved to the catalyst version too, has that not happened?

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