Android @lemdro.id Chris @rabbitea.rs 1 yr. ago

WhatsApp will soon be your one-stop solution for all your chat apps

www.androidpolice.com WhatsApp will soon be your one-stop solution for all your chat apps

WhatsApp has already started working on interoperability with other messaging apps following EU crackdown on gatekeeper services

SUMMARY

The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
The EU's Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.

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Signal will soon be your one stop solution for all your chat apps

Fixed that for you.
Why is this being presented as "whatsapp will be the one and only" instead of "whatsapp won't be the only option"? The DMA will users to install nearly any chat app and chat with users from another chat app.
The fact that iMessage got the exemptions underpins the entire act. I would any day switch to Signal, if there is 1:1 interoperability b/w the platforms.
No it won't.

My sister was angered when I quit whatsapp (and facebook), asking me reasons why and if it was because I didn't like her. Told her I like my privacy. Haven't heard of her and a lot of other family since who only like to communicate through social media. Good.

I like SMS and Signal, only people that care for me are using that because I asked them to.
Cool so I can decide to use Signal for privacy reasons and if the other party uses WhatsApp all my chats with them are read by Meta? What is the point?
I can't wait for signal/session/simplex to be whatsapp compatible, but I'm not sure they can provided the e2ee gurantees since whatsapp is closed source.
Odd way to spell Matrix.
Not a fucking chance!
Signal interoperability

I support it but this doesn't sound legit
It's weird. With every single app having a DM feature years before Whatsapp was even invented, with every single cell phone having email and SMS capabilities, and with a bunch of E2E encrypted apps already in service, why would I want to go back to Facebook's ecosystem in 2023?
Eww no get that trash outta here
And this is where I wonder, how long until Matrix servers preemptively defederate from WhatsApp?
Nice try, WhatsApp.
I setup my own matrix instance and ran a few bridges on it, so I don't need WhatsApp thanks
Does anyone know what level of interoperability is required? Like basic text, pictures, emoji... or every feature including things like location sharing?
Fuck that, fuck them they belong in the digital bin. I don't want WhatsApp to be able to connect to Signal or anything else. Sounds like a gigantic security risk.
I have a whatsapp because my dad wanted to be able to call me without international long distance fees. He's called once and I get endless amounts of spam. I'll be seeing him in a couple of weeks, and I can hopefully switch him to LINE (what everyone uses here) and get rid of this app for all and get the last cancer of Meta out of my personal life.
I wonder if WhatsApp is going to make a white list of compatible App or if they just open an API or document a protocol...

Anyway, I found it awesome.

If someone don't want to chat with a WhatsApp user it's always possible too.
Whoa this is bonkers! Would be great if all apps supported RCS as a fallback
wrong
I will finally be able to replace fucking SMS with a few people that simply won't switch to Signal, I simply won't use Whatsapp and that did cause some security issues till now!
Whatsapp? More like whatdafuck
Whatsapp? What year is this? 2015?

edit: get some real problems yall
Doubt it
Nope
I can assure you, it won't for me. The only people I ever see using it IRL are meth heads and prostitutes lol
Do people here know about beeper, i would make it my main but it doesnt support calls and stuff which unfortunately makes it a dealbraker. I hope in the future we will be meta free
Hoping this applies to Discord so I can use seamless Matrix bridging without getting banhammered.
I'll be here waiting to see how they implement it if they ever manage to do it.
It already is outside the US
Nostr fixes this.
In what way will it replace or integrate with Discord?

One stop solution for all chat apps my arse.