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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by criddell on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:51AM (#33178787)
Is WhatsApp open? Are there alternative clients?
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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by scatters on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:37PM (#33179465)
Even better: it's a player in a competitive market. So you can switch your chats one-by-one to Signal, Telegram or whatever floats your boat.
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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by criddell on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:07PM (#33179923)
What do you mean by switch your chats. You can’t have the chat in more than one client at a time?
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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by scatters on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:10PM (#33179978)
Yes, that's why it's switching.
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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by ls15 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:49PM (#33182092)
I am glad that the EU actually has another definition of letting people use what is floating their boat: Force big-tech player to open up protocols, so users can send messages from any messenger to any other messenger.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/24/dma-political-agreement/

As a user I cannot see any downsides.

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