New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.

Curious to see how that will work out

  • entropicshart@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    I am curious to see who actually integrates into this. Typically those not using WhatsApp do so on purpose as they don’t want to feed the Facebook machine and choose more privacy focused applications (e.g. Signal)

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Well, it’s still useful to be able to contact someone who’s exclusive reachable via WhatsApp. Better than having to install WhatsApp or leave it installed, just in case.

  • SilverShark@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I would love to see it. Being able to talk with someone over Whatsapp but not actually having it installed.

    I’ve always been surprised with the success of Whatsapp. The fact that it’s tied to a phone number and not an email always seemed like an odd choice to me. I feel that a phone number is much more volatile since people change phone numbers a bit frequently, and will then not transfer their old chats to a new number and lose contacts as a result.

    • entropicshart@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      As I understand it, the phone requirement is an attempt to limit spam/bots.

      Their success is really filling the void of an extremely outdated standard solution of sms/mms that cannot handle a long message without breaking it apart, yet alone any type of media.

      It also came at a time when companies were still charging per sms/mms message, meanwhile connecting to wifi meant free and unlimited messaging, without size issues and your media turning into potatoes