don’t know if this is an appropriate community

I don’t particularly like this application, but my whole family uses and they simply won’t use any foss alternative I’ve proposed so far.

I’m even thinking about joining them.

I only need audio, no video calls, no file transfers.

ETA: what free droid apps can do simply that, not needing for me to provide a phone number or my current location / country?

  • 56!@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    One rather complicated method of accessing whatsapp:

    • Install the whatsapp app within an android emulator on your computer (such as waydroid).
    • Create an account using a throw-away number (I got a £10 pay-as-you-go sim just for that, though you will need to put the sim in a phone to get the verification sms).
    • Access whatsapp on your computer or phone through web.whatsapp.com (there seems to be an f-droid app for that too) (They recently added support for voice+video calls).
    • You will need to boot up the android emulator every 2 weeks to sign in to whatsapp web.