Re:WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
by suyash on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:36PM
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Before you get mad, realize that Signal is a non profit, with much less budget and much smaller number of employees working at it than WhatsApp/FB. If you're so motivated, can even build something for them in open source.
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Re:WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
by jackewiehose on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:01PM
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Being "pissed" is about the phone number requirement which is just
a political decision and not about budget.
> If you're so motivated, can even build something for them in open source
No, as far as I know they don't allow alternative clients (at least on their servers). Of course that is their right but IMHO still a dick move (again nothing to do with budget) and we are stuck with the official client. Open source is nice but with this limitation it has lost the biggest advantage.