this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
1255 points (89.7% liked)

Memes

45581 readers
1 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
1255
its even more outdated (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml
367 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

And then what? Networking effect is why Whatsapp is used. What's the point of using a superior chatting app if no one I know uses it?

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Reading the links provided would have answered your question.

Provisions for ensuring a higher degree of data portability, interoperability, and access to data for the platform's business and end-users.

There is some discussion on if this means that 3rd party apps can develop for chat platforms, and it seems so at face value. eg, gaim/pidgin or trillian can make a come-back and you can use whatever client you want to access the Whatsapp platform. Nothing would then stop an app from natively integrating whatsapps apis alongside their own.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm not naive enough to assume Facebook would open up their walled garden.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

But they will be forced to.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)