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Yeah... Does it support WhatsApp? If not that's a deal-breaker in most of the world.
by IshKebab 1y ago
Yeah... Does it support WhatsApp? If not that's a deal-breaker in most of the world.
- xandrius 1y agoUsing Waydroid, you can run many/most Android apps unmodified. So, yes, it's possible :)
- ronsor 1y agoMost of the world loves being shackled by a Meta product for some reason. The allegiance to WhatsApp is mindbending.
- XorNot 1y agoSignal desperately needs "Signal for Business". Sell a way for businesses to send trusted communications to their customers in sensitive industries - i.e. healthcare would be a big one. They need both an actual revenue stream, but also that sort of professional messaging can drive adoption which ultimately furthers the Signal mission. Plus all those things could desperately use good secure messaging systems.
- stavros 1y agoHuh, that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
- bobsmooth 1y agoWhatsApp works with your phone number. If you have someone's number, you have their WhatsApp. And since basic text messaging is terrible and RCS still isn't universal, WhatsApp is used.
- pdntspa 1y agoFree unlimited global text messaging in a time when people with very low incomes dealt with very low limits or per-message fees. Much of the love was built before Facebook took it over.
- IshKebab 1y agoBecause WhatsApp is really good, much better than SMS, and everybody uses it. Meta only bought it after it was already the de facto standard. And to be fair they are only just starting to ruin it after quite a few years. So I would say the world made a pretty good decision there.
- RealStickman_ 1y agoMoving to an open operating system and improving existing Android emulation is the first step. Once we have enough people on our alternative system, native apps can follow.