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

  • SilverSharkEnglish
    2·
    9 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.

    • BlazeOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      It was there first, that’s mostly it.

    • entropicshart@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      9 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      Their success is really filling the void of an extremely outdated standard solution of sms/mms that cannot handle a long message without breaking it apart, yet alone any type of media.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

      • SilverSharkEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        That way to limit is quite interesting. Never though about that!