Hello, I made a simple extension for this.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromium-web-whatsapp-upd/ebhgdpeaajpnjlgjocpmdhlgdajbhjpn
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Yes, I totally agree that it is not an Ubuntu problem and should not be
fixed... But maybe someone will come here by this bug report. Or maybe
someone has an idea how to reach WhatsApp developers.
Custom useragent can be set without extensions via developer tools in
"Network", see attached
> Would you mind rewording the description to keep its tone polite
Ok, reworded a bit.
> And the official answer from WhatsApp
That is not an official answer because their robot autoresponder or support
just copy-pasted a template and did not try to investigate the problem. I think
they've
I'm changing the status to "Won't Fix", as this is not something that
will be fixed in the Ubuntu chromium package.
web.whatsapp.com used to work fine with chromium in Ubuntu, and they
made a server-side change to detect the chromium UA string and block it.
This is unfortunate.
The chromium in
Thanks for the report Mikhail.
Would you mind rewording the description to keep its tone polite, please
(see https://www.ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct)? As much as you
dislike WhatsApp, aggressive wording is not going to help find a
resolution.
Thanks in advance!
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And the official answer from WhatsApp:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-discuss/MbfH-
OZGbLc/4JhhGlg-CgAJ
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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