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Comment by lxgr

11 hours ago

> whataspp discloses name, picture, status

Only to who you choose to make it available to. And if you choose “everybody”, I don’t see how you can reasonably expect this to mean “everybody not using third-party software”?

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mlrtime  8 hours ago

Because I don't chose everybody? I don't want everyone to see my information, why would I?

dmitrygr  11 hours ago

Because until today that IS what it meant! Are you claiming that "pray i do not change the deal further" is a sane approach?

  • lxgr  11 hours ago

    I just don’t think that’s a reasonable expectation of a telecommunications tool, so yeah, I think it’s a fair change well within the norms and expectations of an instant messenger.

    You should get to control how/ to whom your data is distributed, but also requiring these recipients to only use software and services of your choosing seems excessive. Platform lock-in at this point seems like the much greater harm.

    I could see the case for a small indicator in the contact details that they’re using a third-party client, but anything more (green bubbles?) would be counterproductive.

    • mlrtime  8 hours ago

      It's not requiring, thats the point of BirdyChat, right? You just have to opt-in to use it.

    • dmitrygr  10 hours ago

      i did not ask for green bubbles, nor did whatsapp implement that. they let me opt-in to communicate with questionable clients and i am here for it.

  • direwolf20  8 hours ago

    The recipient is already using third-party code. I am using a Samsung OS, which is not from Meta, to see your messages. Do you object to this? I also have the YouTube PiP overlay layer in front of your messages.