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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by throwaway82003 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @06:05AM (#27085615)
But I think the new policy changes allow WhatsApp to read business messages. So be weary. Also I think you gotta accept the new terms to have WhatsApp Business.

There's Watomatic. Author claims it doesn't connect to internet even though it has full network access permission, so idk about it. But the code is FOSS. It's on fdroid too.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26153963

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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by dallamaneni on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:33PM (#27107869)
> Author claims it doesn't connect to internet even though it has full network access permission

Hi! Watomatic developer here. The newer version does access internet (Github API) for following reasons: - To show release notes in the app - (in works) To warn users about outdated versions. This is an issue esp in the non Google Play landscape. - (in works) To show recent contributors list in the About section ...

Having access to internet made lots of things easy so thought that was a pragmatic choice :)

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