Comment by BobaFloutist
6 days ago
It's so obnoxious that whatsapp refuses to function if you don't let it scan your contacts.
I genuinely think that should be illegal.
6 days ago
It's so obnoxious that whatsapp refuses to function if you don't let it scan your contacts.
I genuinely think that should be illegal.
I‘m using it without sharing my contacts on iOS
That's purely down to iOS's contacts API not telling apps if they have full access to contacts if you refuse or supply a subset. Genuinely wish android's APIs worked the same way.
I currently store all my contacts in an app that doesn't expose them through the contacts API for this reason.
I wonder if it’s improved recently. I’ve been cursing at Facebook for years for holding hostage the ability to create WhatsApp group chats when I’ve declined to expose all of my contacts to it, but I just checked again and there’s a “Skip” button now that proceeds to the phone number UI.