• waigl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    372·
    3 months ago

    WhatsApp is not its own company, it belongs to Facebook/Meta.

    Also, on that topic, you could do the same thing you did with X/Twitter to Meta/Facebook.

    *edit: Oh, and of course Alphabet/Google. Curious how many big tech companies seem keen on obfuscating their own name these days…

    • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 months ago

      Facebook the product is still called Facebook, Google the product is still called Google. It’s only the parent companies that changed their names, their products kept the same branding.

      Twitter the product has been, or is being, rebranded as X along with the company.

    • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 months ago

      Facebook and WhatsApp were separate apps until Facebook bought WhatsApp. That’s why there’s so much difference in the design language, functionality, etc.

      • velvetThunder@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        You can see the difference between the Apple and WhatsApp version. And I have Whatsapp installed on Android and it looks the same as the WhatsApp Emoji in the picture.

        So it doesn’t use the System Style, WhatsApp has its own IOS looking emojis.

      • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Meta is the name of the company. Facebook is the product made by the company. I acknowledged that in the comment you’re replying to.

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      13·
      3 months ago

      That’s not how emojis work. They look different for everybody. It all depends on how the client renders Unicode character U+1F62C. Just like text.

      Try it out. Find a PC with a web browser and find your comment and emoji, and see how it looks on a different platform.

      • Zyratoxx@lemm.ee
        13·
        3 months ago

        Oh, yeah, I know how emojis work using unicode, I just didn’t bother to attach an image of the Samsung 😬 emoji for laziness reasons (I myself don’t have a Samsung Smartphone either.)

        I’m sorry, I should have done that, now I have made myself look like a fool :')

          • Zyratoxx@lemm.ee
            5·
            3 months ago

            Haha no problem. We all are nerds around here, otherwise we’d probably be using Instagram and TikTok (and Reddit).

            Funny back story: I first learned about Unicode around 2013 - 15 (I always judge those wrong in terms of when I started using certain apps/sites)… Back then people would start commenting shit on YouTube using emoji but Firefox hadn’t introduced emoji support yet, causing them to be displayed as Unicode strings which lead to comments looking like this: “Hahaha, haven’t laughed like this in ages U+1F602 Best video ever U+2764”

  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 months ago

    Is my group of friends and I the only ones who use that emoji as kind of “fuck yeah” or “yes please”?

    Because I don’t think this meme is meant that way 🤔

  • tygerprints@kbin.social
    1·
    3 months ago

    You’re gritting your teeth over the existence of these companies? That seems like a waste of good emoji rage fuel. After all you probably use many of the products they produce and nobody is forcing it on you. If you made a digital product that became wildly successful and a standard, would you grit your teeth at yourself in the mirror?

    Don’t be letting useless rage take up this much of your time. Grin and bear it, it’s easier - and yes you’ll be goosestepping along to their particular drumbeat, but you also aren’t hurting much. You get a lot of usefulness out of these companies’ existence (I know I do, and I don’t even use the 'net that much).