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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by BenjiWiebe on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:35PM (#16354302)
To be really pedantic; a smartphone is not required for WhatsApp. You can activate a Google voice number with a landline, then use your Google voice number to activate WhatsApp running in BlueStacks or your emulator of choice.

Source: I did this for a few months. I'm not quite sure why...

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by philtar on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:59PM (#16360979)
A smartphone OS is required for whatsapp
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