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I installed Whatsapp for the very first time last week. I feel like there's additional friction and nagging if you don't give it access to your contacts, but y
by pfranz 7y ago
I installed Whatsapp for the very first time last week. I feel like there's additional friction and nagging if you don't give it access to your contacts, but you can definitely open it and send/receive messages.
- cmurf 7y agoPlease explain how, in detail? I tap the message button and it asks for permission to my contacts. I tap deny which only dismisses the permissions request. I don't get a chat field or any way to manually enter a phone number to start chatting. Last time I used Whatsapp, there was no way to chat with someone who was not in Contacts, on Android. I first had to add each person to Contacts before Whatsapp would let me chat with them.
- danillonunes 7y agoYou can continue active chats or respond people who had started a chat with you, but yeah, you can’t start a new one without the contacts permission. Maybe you can use a number link (https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000030/ https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000030/) without the permission, but I’m not sure.