Albin8665@endlesstalk.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Whywww.gadgets360.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
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minus-squareJoeKrogan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·5 months agoAt least if its possible to use a foss client you can interact with WhatsApp users without needing their shitty spyware app.
minus-squareAlbin8665@endlesstalk.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoActually that article says third-party chats, not third-party clients. I don’t think they are gonna open their proprietary api for everyone. 🤐
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIsn’t that effectively the same thing for people wanting to not use WhatsApp, you’d still be using a different client to speak to people on whatsapp?
minus-squaremattreb@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoExactly, making everyone to switch over to something else is impossible…l’ll uninstall it as soon as they roll this out
minus-squareAlbin8665@endlesstalk.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoAlready uninstalled. 😉
At least if its possible to use a foss client you can interact with WhatsApp users without needing their shitty spyware app.
Actually that article says third-party chats, not third-party clients. I don’t think they are gonna open their proprietary api for everyone. 🤐
Isn’t that effectively the same thing for people wanting to not use WhatsApp, you’d still be using a different client to speak to people on whatsapp?
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Exactly, making everyone to switch over to something else is impossible…l’ll uninstall it as soon as they roll this out
Already uninstalled. 😉