Albin Jose@endlesstalk.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Whywww.gadgets360.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Whywww.gadgets360.comAlbin Jose@endlesstalk.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareJoeKrogan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAt least if its possible to use a foss client you can interact with WhatsApp users without needing their shitty spyware app.
minus-squareAlbin Jose@endlesstalk.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoActually that article says third-party chats, not third-party clients. I don’t think they are gonna ooen their proprietary api for everyone. 🤐
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-up0·7 months agoExactly, making everyone to switch over to something else is impossible…l’ll uninstall it as soon as they roll this out
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 ooen their proprietary api for everyone. 🤐
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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?
Exactly, making everyone to switch over to something else is impossible…l’ll uninstall it as soon as they roll this out