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by abhchand 2249 days ago
It seems that WhatsApp has some oddity in how it handles captions on media items.

I forward messages between various groups, but when you forward a media item like an image, it doesn't forward the caption with it. This is incredibly frustrating - sometimes you don't realize you've forwarded a photo of something that has no context, and my recipients have been often clueless until I have to clarify.

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Also, you can not copy that caption from the image message, you have to type it again.
Yet somehow this POS app sold for $19+ billion and it's one of the most popular apps in the world...
It's a very reliable app despite some of its flaws. It mainly sold that high due to high market share in some countries.
Virtually every IM app I have ever used has been very reliable.
It's basically required for doing business in Brazil, or at least it feels that way.