Snapchat has been on a tear lately against Windows Phone. Besides deciding against making an official app for their messaging service, the company has been very active in getting third party apps removed.
In fairness, Snapchat has two reasons for the removal of third party apps: copyright violations and security concerns. However, the latest app from Rudy Huyn, called 6discover, bypasses the first complaint as it does not use login information, but it still steps on the toes of Snapchat's legal department.
Ten days ago, Snapchat's legal team sent Huyn a letter accusing him of breaking the law. Now, a copyright infringement has been filed. As a result, Microsoft will likely comply with the order and have the app removed from the Windows Phone Store in the next 24-hours, signaling the end of that app.
6discover leveraged curated content by Snapchat from their media partners. It was an interesting, well-done app, but more of a side project for Huyn than a serious undertaking. Regardless, Snapchat was none too thrilled with the release and have exercised their legal rights. Huyn notes on Twitter:
"Bye 6discover. Don't speak me about Snapchat anymore, don't hesitate to promote #cyberdust by @mcuban to your friends."
That last reference is in regards to Cyber Dust (Cyberdust.com), a messaging app available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone (yes, an official app). Funded by investor Mark Cuban, Cyber Dust has been described as "like Snpachat but for texts" in that nothing is recorded and messages self-destruct. This applies to text, photos, emoji, stickers, and even videos. Indeed, it's not bad advice to maybe start using that service instead.
It should be just a matter of time before 6discover is pulled, so grab it now. Otherwise, we will close this chapter on the Windows Phone/Snapchat battle.
Source: Rudy Huyn
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Copyright infringement claim against 6discover signals the end as Snapchat wins
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fuck snapchat
One comment: Article mentions fair and security concerns in same sentence. IMO: To be real if a company relies on the client for security then it really has no security. Especially when leveraging public REST APIs.
Bye bye snap chat,and hello cyber dust.
I used it on android for about 2 weeks then deleted it, IMO one of the most annoying apps ever, glad its not available on wp
Snap chat are fascists
Someone aready beat you to the petition punch https://www.change.org/p/snapchat-make-snapchat-for-windows-phone?tk=BBe...
Once upon a time people realised standards and protocols were the way forward. Whatever happened to that golden age?
I don't even care about this service, but upon reading this article, I immediately downloaded the app and saved the installation file to my OneDrive. :P
How does having the APPX file help if the app is pulled from the store?
True, I forgot about. Will it work? Likely not, something is better than nothing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nope, the phone will check licensing for the app on the store and refuse to install it.
Cyberdust for the win... Been using it for some time now and love it! Especially love the WP support!! Btw this is just a thought... How much did Google pay snapchat to keep their app away from a competitor?? Could be true... They apparently both hate WP...
Fuck them and their stupid social network. I'll brand them stupid fools if they ever release it for Windows Phone. They can shove it up their ass.
Fuck snap chat, who cares about their app, it's crap anyways
Snapchat ? What is this s*it for ?
Let's keep some dignity.
There is really much more great applications for our WPhones, come on...
Beyond a joke! Rudy does a better job than what Snapchat can do and this is what he gets! Get your game together Microsoft!
"Get your game together Microsoft!"
And in what way is Microsoft at fault here?
Yet you are here.
I installed xim just now. Seems smarter.
Snapchat chat was never worth it.
Why will Microsoft remove the app, they know the real story.
Yes, but they also know the US actually enforces copyright laws.
No they still have not won, thing could change in next weeks ;)
Fuck snap chat...serious. More important and useful apps out there.
The loser snap chat devs spend more time fighting harmless 3rd party when they could just make the app and be done with it. Lazy or what?
Oh... I love this app as it is beautifully created. I am using this on a daily basis same with Windows Central, Converge, CNET, and NBC News. #Sad
That Ceo is getting personal now with microsoft. If he doesn't act well with windows 10 he's gonna be in the graveyard within years.
I don't use these silly apps like this or facebook or twitter but think everyone should download this app & then contact snap chat via email & let them know that everyone is using 6discover just to piss them off & get them to waste more time & money & also let them know that there legal team is useless & hopefully will result in some one losing there job. I know this sounds nasty but I'm fucked off with all this big corporation bullshit.
Does it do anything whatsapp cant? Just asking because I have no idea what Snapchat is!
Evan Spiegel, prepare yourself for flack, death threats and insults you complete numphy! Let's get this arsewipe guys.
Cyber dust is actually pretty good. Thanks Cuban!!
So... Time we all started pushing Cyberdust, and help Snapchat loose customers, rather than wasting anymore time on them :)
Oh, well. Snapchat is for the kids out there. And the kids out there will jump to the next new thing and leave Snapchat behind in the dust. This is how this works. I couldn't care less and I am not even sure if it is that big of a loss for WP. How many people still give a crap about flappy birds? You get my point. Snapchat isn't here to stay.
Why would one buy a windows phone when it's basic apps like facebook twitter are not upto the mark. Sux big time.
The reason I buy mine ...nobody is forcing you to buy WP and we won't miss people like you here
Why are they so fucking salty?? Like I understand that it's the security aspect they're concerned about and if that's the case, then snapchat should just update the security. Do they not understand how much revenue they could acquire if they just simply added a windows phone branch?! Childish...
WooOOOOwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Snapchat is for degenerates anyway.
100%
Everyone else said it, I'll say it too. Fuck snapchat.
Cyberdust ftw.
My lady uses it and all I see all day is her taking pictures of herself and it is so annoying. I put my phone down and forget it exists until it rings. I hope its a phase and she stops. Sigh.
Try Microsoft ZIM.
(Does anyone read most of the comments or even some of them, before posting? I do. I think most just post their thoughts and maybe aren't interested in what has been said so far. Too bad. It would raise the bar of the discussion.)
Best Wishes.
The comments? Most people adding comments don't even read the article!
Most people use this app think it is safe and their posts are disappear 5 or some minute later and no one can record or keep the post pictures or whatever. Think twice about this concept. All you have to do is snap a screen shot and keep whatever that no-brainer post.
Love what you do Rudy but man, leave that sexting app alone. Its seriously not that important and by you constantly taunting them, you are the one to end up with egg on your face. I won't repeat it but N_Studios sad it better than I could.
You know what Snapchat words stand for? Here the CEO of this company think and look at people use this app. Stupid No-brainer Ass. People Chat.
I got the new app and it's a shame it's being taken out yet again. The interface is clean, has nice animations and it's a news app that updates its feed on a 24 hour schedule. I just hope he doesn't have to end support, too. Btw, fuck Snapchat!
Fuck snapchat indeed. You would think since the vast majority user base is teens in the US, they would do what possible to expand. Fuck snapchat
Aren't their anti trust laws against this type of corporate behavior?
They only apply to Microsoft
Snapwha? Are people still talking about this?
Don't have to be a Snapchat user to see the principle of the thing. Rudy (aside from writing good apps) seriously debilitates arguments of effort vs. market share. That leaves the feeling that companies are determined to be Microsoft's "enemies" (in varying degrees) for some unstated reason.
The reactions are just everyone's response to their favorite theory as to the real reason. "Microblahblah. Seriously, just don't bother me with them." Or, "We lose street cred with the VC/M&A/IPO kids when we play with Microsoft.". Or, "Microsoft Mobeeeel, eh? NO!! ... Make it look like an accident. Mmuahaha.".
Snapchat is a complete joke. I used to enjoy it back when it first came out but I'm glad I don't use it anymore honestly. It got stupid anyways.
Seeyah later Snapchat, don't come back!
you had a chance to grow your userbase but you fucked it up. CyberDust looks to be the next big thing, I'll be getting all my Android and iOS friends to use that instead.
Indeed! :)
Is there a way to turn this app into a video news reader? That would be amazing because the layout and structure is awesome.
bunch of freaking iSHEEP must be working at snap chat, or android fanboys trolls. screw them all. I'll careless if i ever use their garbage app. I'll support those who supports MS/windows. idiots.
Switch to Cyber Dust. Get your iOS and Android friends to switch to Cyber Dust...
Re: DarrenSproat,
Have you looked at and tried Xim by Microsoft? I would like to how they compare, based on actual use over time. I have never, would never use snpchat, but I use Xim to temporarily share photos to other phones cross platform. I'm not sure why people aren't using Microsoft Xim? Microsoft bias within our ranks?
I have never and would never use SnapChat either. My preference is anything by Microsoft but can't say I've ever used Xim. My motive for recommending Cyber Dust is because it already has iOS, Android, and Windows apps and isn't SnapChat. It's cross platform, secure, and just better than SnapChat. :)
Xim has windows phone, apple and google apps and is by Microsoft. It can send the photos to phones or cast them. I wouldn't know, but I'm told it is better than snpchat. I don't know the security issues, but it is Microsoft and cell phones.
Geez, now I'm seeing what Microsoft is up against. No one knows about their great products, even Microsoft fans! It is a hard sell.
Yeah Microsoft needs to seriously work on their marketing.
Xim is more for permanently sharing photos so it's not really a SnapChat alternative, that's where CyberDust is a better alternative as are BBM timed messages.
Re: neo158,
No. Why do you say that? It is not true. The photos expire after a period of time. I think something less than an hour.
Geez, people are just looking for reasons to not try out Xim without researching it. See how hard it is to inform people.
Fuck you snapchat!! Rudy Huyn FTW
I don't like the service. So I don't give a flying fuk about their app. Rudy focus on better services. Keep app the good work. ;)
Can Rudy not just remove snap chat and add option to add your own buttons or customise them (ie add your ones ;))
Racism, sexism... Is there a word to describe prejudice towards OS choice? If not I'm going to propose these.... Ecosystism/Ecosystist & Microsophobia/Microsophobic. :D
Here's part of the problem : http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/16/snapchat-paid-ousted-apple-exe...
Very interesting.
i knew EVIL CrApple "iSHEEP" has something to do with this. Its funny, CrApple can have monopoly in every country, in every state, in every politician, ................and NO ONE says ANYTHING about it. However, if that was MS, OMGosh, the whole world would end and would accuse MS for monopoly and blah, blah, blah.....carp.
CrApple is the most dishonest, garbage, mark of the devil/beast,......comp in the world, and i hope someday it falls in its face. All CrApple has done , is to backstab Microsoft (If it wasn't for MS bailing them out by giving them millions of $$$$ and got them out of bankruptcy, CrApple would not exist today), and others. Lets see what happens, they say what goes around, comes around, and karma is a bitch. i hope EVIL CrApple fails soon, and everythig they have done to MS and others comes back on them.
Thanks for your interest in WP Rudy. You are I said WP wonder boy.
"move along, nothing too see, move along..."
Very unethical company. I hope they go down.
these devs are really on something. I've never seen companies blatantly refuse to expand their brand when it's obviously desired. it should really make people think.
Installed snapchat for about three months and I only sent two snaps,, so I don't really give single Fuck about snapchat or their app
Please make sure to voice your negative opinions to @evanspiegel, the asshole that runs it and pulls all these strings.
Fuck you Snapchat. Please bankrupt you piese of shit company.
Well done snapchat, tell us that nobody use windows phone and then request WP app removal cause you can't track 6discover users and sell ads to nobody. That's the spirit.
Jerks.
When you read things like these, http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/confirmed-snapchats-evan-spiegel-is-kin..., it does not surprise me. Snapchat is boring anyways (yes, I know, my opinion)...
Even though I'm an iphone user, I love WP and look forward to returning someday but when developers try so hard to keep their apps out of the market, that makes me concerned about the future for WP. Apps are the only real weakness of WP. There seems to be some active effort to keep the platform from succeeding.
Of course there is !
Would rather decent apps than junk like snap chat, we have much better social tools.
I figured Rudy would have pulled the app at the first legal request. Had never heard of "Cyber Dust" until today, I think we should begin to champion that instead.
As quickly and easily as they stomped out any other form of snap chat on windows phone I don't know why Rudy would put so much time and effort in an app that would obviously piss them off
He has said that he addressed the prior concerns and it was for a relative. Plus, as he has said, it didn't involve a huge effort. He is very forthcoming, so no need to wonder.
https://www.change.org/p/snapchat-inc-make-a-snapchat-app-for-windows-ph... #MobileEquality
Will sign but because I want watch Windows phone grew up
"over 1 million plus" users makes us sound even more laughably small than we actually are. Lol
Is it possible to edit after you made one?
More than 8 Million Windows Phones were sold in the last fiscal quarter. BING it. We live in a world where more than 8 million phones sold in 3 months is a comparatively small number. 8 Million in the last 3 months!
I have never used snapchat, but know our children do and I was told that people screen grab items sent, so what's the point in things only being displayed for so long. I agree with Tito Saikale that Rudy has the talent to make an app of his own and if made available on all OS's, then people will use it and snapchat will disapear and they will be left with nothing but a few users. My daughter asked me to use snapchat and I installed 6snap just as snapchat started causing problems for developers like Rudy, so I never got to use it. I really think that Microsoft need to work fully with Rudy and develop apps ready for Windows 10.
The chickens will come home to roost one day im sure
We are creating too much advertisement to snapchat which is an insignificant service
Please forget them and let them disappear also on other platforms
Where's Joe Belfiore on these cases? Do Something Joe!!
Busy getting Win10 out the door I imagine...
Fluffing his hair...
Screw you SnapChat. We wont need you and we DO not want you either on Windows Phone.
Already downloaded a copy to my SDcard.
Which won't help if the app gets pulled from the store.
I feel bad for Rudy.. :(
Conclusion, the enemy of your enemy is your friend
They're just mad BC Rudy makes better apps than they ever could.
Good bye, Snapchat. Burn and rot in hell.
Would it not just be easier to make an app for a platform than to file claims on 3rd party creators..
Xim by Microsoft is similar and cross platform. I'm an adult and I use it to share photos, especially when in a group. The photos show up on everyone's phone, so I don't have to pass my phone around to everyone. As I or anyone looking, zooms, pans, and swipes to the next photo, it happens on all the phones screens. The photos expire so they don't take up memory on the other phones. No registration or membership involved. Very very impressive. Try it.
Well, time to grab the app before it disappears
Ok, so they had a security issue - so they ban all 3rd party apps? Why not address the hole and work with 3rd parties to actually build a bigger customer base? This isn't about just blocking Windows Phone as a platform, but users, and definitely does not fare well with investors. #BanSnapChat is the hashtag. Use it. Repeat it. Call out their CEO. Until it trends, it won't get their attention. As much as I find the app hideous, this behavior is why I will not be part of anything Spiegel touches now. I cannot knowingly support such discriminatory hate from a CEO. Certainly not someone I would ever work with. Its just bad business.
His mother's gaping ass is the security hole.... That there is funny...
I agree. I think this Spiegel-asshole could keep a broader vision and let 6snap continue on WP. After all, if he's not planning to release an official version, at least let people use a third party app. I agree reverse engineering the API is against their policy, but if 6snap was not responsible for the leaks, they could have just let it be in the store because its safe to use it. I think they should have investigated 6snap before having it removed. And they could probably ask Rudy Huyn to fix those analytics issues. And even if they can't do any of the above, they could just have accepted the 6snap source code that Rudy offered. Evan Spiegel would have been saved from all the hate he's getting from the WP community. And mind you, even if its just 3-4%, its in millions. F**k you, Spiegel. Immature POS.
I love how SnapChat says no one uses Windows Phone, and then goes out of their way to make sure you can't. If they really think WP is too small to worry about, why all the fuss?
They get money for this ppl don't be silly
They earn money from ms'competitors
Umm. What? What you just said has absolutely NO relevance.
Spiegel is not someone I would invest in. First, he tried to screw over Brown (the guy who uttered the phrase behind SnapChat: "I wish the photos I am sending this girl would disappear"). Then he flat-out LIED about his interactions with Zuckerberg (noted in Forbes) to make it sound like Zuckerberg was his bitch and then he goes after his app on WP? I just checked my Nokia X, and its not in the store there either, so I wonder if he is that anti-MS to block it on these devices, too, but I am only speculating there). Personally, until he gets called out for it publicly, his discriminatory approach is going to be ignored. It's bad business, especially if someone else comes up with a better way and does it on WP exclusively. Heck, I remember an old Windows Mobile app that let you set expirations on images that they had to be viewed by a set date and time. I wish for the life of me I could remember it because I would sponsor the dev of that one to sue Spiegel. SC is not much different other than the timer starting from when the file opens, not from when it's sent. Like I noted, #BanSnapChat as a hashtag, and make his "child as a CEO" antics news.
Rudy need to make his own, release it multiplatform and become huge.
Snapchat will be forgotten in a couple years. It's a fad app. Doesn't change the impression people got from windows phone during those though.... Plus they guy made his millions..
I wonder if snap chat believes there is not enough WP users why they bother coming to WP store to check for third party apps. Fuck snap chat and those apps that request third party apps remove
I'm not really concerned with snap chat to be honest, I personally see it as a child or teenagers app, of which they just waste time with, however the people who comment here are right, it's the principal of it all, they are not only discriminating against an OS, but everyone who uses that OS, just because we have decided to use a different OS compared to the masses we should be penalised for this, and the fact that they do not want to make their own app for Windows and yet don't want others to make an app for Windows either, sounds quite Petty to me, not to mention all the hard work that Rudy put in his App was a waste of time and effort on his part. I just hope that when the tables are turned and Windows 10 is released that will be the OS that your App must be on as you make one App and it will see light on as many as 4 platforms, then I hope people who use Windows 10 remember about all these companies who have shunned Windows and neglected to make apps for the software and don't download them now that they need Windows in order to survive and use the next record breaking App who actually made an app for all 3 OS's at the same time and update them accordingly, essay over....
All I read was "I'm not really concerned"... Followed by a wall of words longer than the Vietnam memorial... and more painful to read...
When a company doesn't want to create an app for Windows, Microsoft should get their coders to produce a competing app for Windows Phone, iOS and Android that is better and put that company out of business!
Microsoft made Xim.
and Skype Qik!
The problem I have with Skype Qik is that it wants my phone number. Snapchat doesn't require a number (it pushes you for one, but doesn't REQUIRE it).
If Skype Qik just let me use my Skype log in I'd be all over it.
So much BS from this company.
it's time to ignore them, they have so much crap in their head... only becuase they became "popular" on US they think they are gods, like if their app was special or anything.
How much is the cost of these lawyers? I am sure more than making a WP app for million of users.
I hope Rudy doesn't get in trouble for these retards. don't think he will but wow, so much BS that I really don't know why WC keep writing about this stupid company. I have told my friends about Snapchat and nobody of my US friends seem to care "I used couple times in past and it was a stupid app" so they still are planning on getting a WP.
They really think they are gods for being used on some areas, but the worst is people saying WP is not good or dead or there is a huge app gap for stupid companies like this with stupid apps that only retards get excited about, when there are better alternatives that do more and don't have a condom as a logo.
I have snapchat account and I can install it in an android phone (what a ucking utter crap BS stupid OS is Android *sigh* is this what people get crazy about? wow) but I wouldn't use their service, because I wouldn't try to use a company whose brain has just crap and BS and stupidity. and it's just a bad app, that I really roll my eyes when 2 small cats say "my snapchat" and million tigers say Kik, skype, instagram and facebook. anyway, this is a BS company managed by BS people, and hope they fall as they should. not because they are not making a WP app, nah, that's just part of their business, and as I see, the way they manage their business is just crap. so I don't expect it to exist much just like happened to myspace and other companies.
What about leave the snapchat account but erasing, the account, they want war they will have, war, I have,snapchat but just 1 friend there which I wouldn't care , can bet that will hurt to snapchat this action loose people in mass
I deleted my account after the apps were removed from the Windows store. No regrets. Funnily enough, half my friend list on Snapchat did the same despite being Android/iOS users. I was a giant Snapchat whore, and I kept people interested in the service.
Hodor...
I'm already on CyberDust, it's a great alternative, and unlike Snapchat they actually focus on your privacy. I suggest you guys get on it.
Guess I don't need Snapchat or any of their future services...
I hope the investors who are never getting reimbursed by snapchat's unexistent buisness model sue Evan Spiegel, and he rots in prison for a few years...
Can the Skype team create a Snapchat competitor? That market share might scare Evan's bitch ass enough to make him stop being petulant.
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Check out Xim.
Isn't that video?
they did make an effort with Skype Qik. and honestly, literally no one i know uses it.
on the other hand all my classmates except myself use SnapChat.
Fuckin MS and marketing, suck balls...
For an app that so many claim is just for "stupid teenagers" there's an awful lot of crying going on.....
Agreed!
I've never used it and never will. But it makes me angry that these companies seem determined to defeat WP.
Rudy...dont try to make a Snapchat or similar apps!!! Make something new to beat them. You can do a high quality social app without involving them. We support you!!!!
I honestly don't care. In my opinion Rudy should better try to work with companies that are willing to develop for Windows Phone like he did with Dropbox.
Just downloaded "cyber dust" and it looks like an OK alternative ;-) (username:gelemannen)
What if Evan (shithead) uses windows to program hehehehe
Probably uses Windows ME!!!
1000% never a Snapchat app coming now, fuck those guys!
Still using 6snap and creating new accounts all the time just to break their balls :D
I would love to see one of these companies compelled in court to explain, exactly how does the existence of an app they had no intention of making themselves, and which increases their market exposure or income, is in fact causing them harm.
That's easy. Snatchchat own the intellectual property. Stealing that is akin to stealing property, either tangible or intangible. The brand gets diluted. These apps have a finite lifespan for the most part... Can you see it now?
Snapchat is such a butt.
LOL! This is the most delightfully understated comment I've read on the matter XD
Just downloaded cyber dust...
Didn't even hear about before...
Thanx
No sense why complain infringements of the copyright if you don't have plans to release the application for the platform, even the developer don't get any fame in this The company is who wins by get people from Windows phone using their social services so to me isn't any sense this news, instead of that would recruit the guy for, develop the application but of official way, companies like this one, are the ones that you, start to, stop of use their services because, don't listen to the customers which even, using Windows phone we deserve respect by a company
If you don't have the sense to understand basic copyright law, then there is no helping you in a comment section on wc...
I think the problem is that Rudy didn't use a publicly available API, and so they're not receiving analytics/user data from people that use 6discover and thus aren't getting any ad revenue.
Snaphat keeping a close eye on WP devs and store.
Fuck
Snapchat
Fuck you Snapchat Ceo
How about saying that to him directly? lol @evanspiegel on twitter :P
We need a campaign against Snapchat on social media! If enough people outcry at once, they might reconsider.
Go to change.org and start a petition. When you have, give us the link and we will sign it.
Why support a service that hates you because of the phone you choose to use? Do like Rudy suggested and use/promote the other service.
Supporting Mark Cuban is not in my best interests.
Out of curiosity, can I ask why? I think I've heard the name before but don't know anything about him.
He is the current owner of the Dallas Mavericks (NBA) basketball team. He also appears regularly on an ABC television series called Shark Tank. I am not fond of him and the way he carries himself.
Neither of those reasons suggest that supporting him is "not in your best interests".
I dislike him as a person, therefore I don't want to support him?
Do you know him personally?
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Ok. I'm not a sports fan at all, so the ownership doesn't matter to me. I also watch very little TV (I haven't had cable since 2007, and I just put an antenna in my attic a few months ago, mainly for watching weather during storms), so that doesn't really matter to me, either. You're allowed your opinion, and I respect that. I'm not going to form an opinion on something that doesn't matter to me. ;)
Those were meant as informational about him, since you weren't aware of who he was. Not to attribute my dislike of him because of his ownership of a sports team or participation in a television program.
Ah, ok. I didn't mean to imply (if I did) that you were trying to project to me. I was just telling you why it didn't matter to me. It's all good.
Your not helping your argument....
ah, blind hatred. makes sense.
Where did I display blind hatred?
Nope. All this yelling, kicking and screaming over how much this 1% want Snapchat on WP, achieves absolutely nothing, with the exception of free marketing for Snapchat. The louder we yell, the more the other 99% using Snapchat on iOS and Android "realize" how popular/important that app must be.
You'll achieve the exact opposite of what you're hoping to achieve.
The only way to get Snapchat is for you and a few million others to stop caring and start a mass migration to an alternative app. That's the only thing that can pressure Snapchat into chainging their mind. They don't care about you or any other WP user. They do care about their app.
Absolutely correct.... When you hurt the pocketbook that gets attention in the proper direction... All threads like this are doing are helping market snapchat.. Most people on android or IOS will just not care if WP has it, may not have even heard of it.... but if they search bing or google and discover this thread they will for sure download it to their phone and try it to see what all the fuss is about to say the least....
Nice post a5cent ;)
Go with the other app route. Like Xim or Cyberdust. Personally, I would prefer Xim, it is a nice app, and does not require the recipient to have the app.
Xim is nice if you want to permanently share photos with others so it's not really a SnapChat alternative. CyberDust on the other hand destroys anything sent through the service after its been read.
Official is better than nothing. We deserve to be treated as equal.
https://www.change.org/p/snapchat-inc-make-a-snapchat-app-for-windows-ph...
People tried that when they had the Snapchat client apps pulled. They didn't care.
Maybe like its posts, SnapChat will simply expire. I just hope it is a slow, painful, pixilated death.
Someone has already done a petition to get Snapchat app for WP, with over 30,000 signatures. Still nothing. Pointless starting a petition for anything to do with them.
Damn it.. I just started one today.. https://www.change.org/p/snapchat-inc-make-a-snapchat-app-for-windows-ph...
Snapchat are a bunch of douchebags
Dimm this snapchat ceo of a guy has some really tremendous hate for windows, we love windows more without snapchat, never installed it once
Hope people start using Cyber dust and leave snapchat in the dust #datpundou :3
What is that?
Read the OP.
All this time, Rudy was making good Snapchat apps for Windows Phone. But the CEO had to be a huge asshole and waste Rudy's hard work. That's disgraceful. I really want Snapchat on Windows Phone. NOW. To all who want Snapchat on Windows Phone again, spam ALL Snapchat social pages (Facebook, Twitter etc.) AND Snapchat Support. We WILL get what we want. Snapchat for Windows Phone. The CEO can't keep us in the dark forever. One day, he will make a Snapchat app for Windows Phone. If he does, tell him that he SHALL AND WILL update it regularly at the same time as iOS and Android. I did say "one day". We don't know when.
Are you smoking something?
No. I have used 6snap and its awesome. I just cant see why its bad. No one on 6snap hacked Snapchat. So, why all the hate from them?
Still think Joe Belfiore slept with Spiegel's mom. That or a miriad of other juvenille reasons a 24 year old would hate a mobile OS.
Yeah, and I hope he asked Cortana to get a taxi for that b**ch the following morning.
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PS. That's not my original joke, I just used someone else's comment from an older article. :P
The fact remains, they don't owe us anything. Yes, it sucks how snapchat has handled this, but from a legal standpoint, their position is sound. Making demands won't work.
If someone gives all your friends a cash gift...all except you, and told everyone they didn't give you that gift because they didn't believe you existed, yes it would be pretty mean of them, but demanding they give you the same gift and hounding them about it, and threatening lethal action against them isn't going to won them over. Not at all...not to mention, the person doesn't owe you squat.
The same is true with snapchat and the windows phone community. We saw it played out with the whole VLC situation, and seeing it all again now.
Excellent.
Tackle boneheaded childish management practices with a Twitter storm!
Yeah, that'll show him!
You know those folks that talks bullshit about VLC guys? Where are they now? Come out and be vocal. If ever, Windows 10 becomes a hit and Snapchat becomes mainstream that can't be lived without, I wont ever make a Snapchat account. Ever.
Never used that shit never will!
Whine more Rudy, whine more... Maybe the day will come when you start making original apps yourself.
...srsly?
Lol. What a twat you are.
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