New Snapchat App For Windows Phone Under Development

Open source Snapchat app under development for Windows Phone, despite founder’s alleged hatred of Windows

Messaging app service Snapchat has long been a notable absentee in the app portfolio for the Windows Phone (WP) platform.
But now developer Filiph Sandström is reportedly working on an open source (third-party) Snapchat app for WP and Windows 10. But in doing so, he risks the wrath of Snapchat CEO and co-founder Evan Spiegel.

Windows Hatred?

Spiegel has a mixed reputation, and has reportedly previous turned down a multi billion dollar offer from Facebook for his company.
Matters were also not helped when controversial emails written by Spiegel during his college days were published online in 2014.

Spiegel is also alleged to “hate Microsoft”, as Snapchat has never developed an app for the Windows Phone platform. When a Windows Phone user tweeted Spiegel, asking whether or not an official version of Snapchat would ever hit the Windows Phone app store. Spiegel’s response? “Didn’t think anyone used those ;)