Apple has ushered in a new era in which a high level of centralized control is considered acceptable to consumers.
WhatsApp is obviously trying to keep total control, like apple.
This doesn't explain all of their failings here. For example, I'm sure they will eventually find ways to address their control issues and still be usable in other browsers.
They might never do a web interface that runs in iOS, due to apple's own controling approach. Of course there is still the whatsapp iOS app.
That hardly makes it 'the opposite', unless you presume only the most limited interpretation of the words.
The fact that whatsapp stores nothing has little to do with their cease and desist orders. 3rd party clients can still be built on a system that stores nothing.
WhatsApp is obviously trying to keep total control, like apple.
This doesn't explain all of their failings here. For example, I'm sure they will eventually find ways to address their control issues and still be usable in other browsers.
They might never do a web interface that runs in iOS, due to apple's own controling approach. Of course there is still the whatsapp iOS app.