copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agoBirdyChat Becomes Europe’s First WhatsApp-Interoperable Chat Appwww.birdy.chatexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1131cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1131external-linkBirdyChat Becomes Europe’s First WhatsApp-Interoperable Chat Appwww.birdy.chatcopacetic@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarecopacetic@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoOne problem is that WhatsApp users need to opt-in to communicate with BirdyChat: https://i.imgur.com/0gKY76z.png
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 days agoThat smells illegal. That’s not interoperability as intended. Malicious compliance. Another round of demands, lawsuits, and pressuring with fines, I guess. Since WhatsApp is releasing interoperability as part of a gradual rollout, availability may differ slightly from country to country. Let’s hope the opt-in is an intermediate state and part of a gradual rollout.
One problem is that WhatsApp users need to opt-in to communicate with BirdyChat: https://i.imgur.com/0gKY76z.png
That smells illegal. That’s not interoperability as intended.
Malicious compliance. Another round of demands, lawsuits, and pressuring with fines, I guess.
Let’s hope the opt-in is an intermediate state and part of a gradual rollout.