Outside USA, WhatsApp is a must or you are simply disconnected.
It is a bit tricky but still possible. You need a clear iPhone with no contacts, thats it. BTW this is how you fool GetContact app for stalking phone numbers – you just have a 2nd phone and add only the contacts you want to find out about.Never WhatsApp.
When I tried it some years ago, it would not create an account without access to all my contacts.
So forget it. This is one of the most despicable things an app can do.
You are giving Meta all details of everyone in your contacts. Say you have a friend who needs to use a false name online. Perhaps they are on the run from a violent partner, or government.
Meta can now x-ref the phone number and see their full name and address.
You may need to use a false name on FB. Zuck is sitting there laughing at you because 20 of your friends have already betrayed you by uploading their contacts to Meta.
And Zuck is up to his neck in bl00d with Lavender.
Never allow them access to your contacts.
Also WhatsApp is just plain simpler than iMessage. Idk how people in US use it, in Europe writing to iMessage often feels like violating someone’s private space🤣 people literally receive SMS hereAfter spending over four years trying to get my friends and family to switch to iMessage, I finally gave up and went back to using WhatsApp full-time. One major reason is iMessage's terrible storage management. Have you ever tried deleting attachments there? It’s an absolute nightmare. On WhatsApp, I can just click "Select All," then "Delete All," and it even gives me the option to delete all copies. iMessage has nothing like that. You STILL need to tap on each damn photo in an endless list of photos, not even a swipe down option to mass select attachments.
Plus, WhatsApp offers features iMessage lacks, like custom wallpapers, status and a one-time viewing option for photos (so I’m not stuck with every screenshot or memes permanently saved).
Some of the EU resolutions just fail to work unless they take an action. For example it is forbidden to add water to grape juice to make more wine and sell it as commercial wine, nevertheless lots of Italian and French producers do just that and cite that they have very sugary grapes or not so much grape juice out of them. I doubt EU can or even wants to fine all these producers, golden goose lays the golden eggs and customers seem not to care about reduced flavors or less tannins, everyone is happyOfficially WhatsApp isn't GDPR compliant (it uploads contacts to Meta servers in the USA), in practice most people ignore that. There is a WhatsApp for Business, if you have any business contacts on your phone, otherwise your employer could end up in hot water...
We tend to use Signal, which is the underlying protocol for WhatsApp anyway, but it only uploads a hash of the contacts' numbers, to see if they are on the service, as opposed to all of the contact information.
Never WhatsApp.
When I tried it some years ago, it would not create an account without access to all my contacts.
So forget it. This is one of the most despicable things an app can do.
Never allow them access to your contacts.
In all over the EU as well. Even when they have an iPhone we have to chat on WhatsAppDepends where you are. At least here in the UK, everyone uses WhatsApp.
Everyday. Literally everyone I know uses itDo people still use What's app?
User error.Never WhatsApp.
When I tried it some years ago, it would not create an account without access to all my contacts.
So forget it. This is one of the most despicable things an app can do.
You are giving Meta all details of everyone in your contacts. Say you have a friend who needs to use a false name online. Perhaps they are on the run from a violent partner, or government.
Meta can now x-ref the phone number and see their full name and address.
You may need to use a false name on FB. Zuck is sitting there laughing at you because 20 of your friends have already betrayed you by uploading their contacts to Meta.
And Zuck is up to his neck in bl00d with Lavender.
Never allow them access to your contacts.
It is just a simple messaging app. It is ridiculous that it drops support for older phones.
The problem is, they'd have to go against individuals and it just isn't worth the time or money. When an employee uses WhatsApp on a personal device and has their business contact list on the phone as well, that can get the company into hot water, if they are audited and it is found out...Some of the EU resolutions just fail to work unless they take an action. For example it is forbidden to add water to grape juice to make more wine and sell it as commercial wine, nevertheless lots of Italian and French producers do just that and cite that they have very sugary grapes or not so much grape juice out of them. I doubt EU can or even wants to fine all these producers, golden goose lays the golden eggs and customers seem not to care about reduced flavors or less tannins, everyone is happy
In all over the EU as well. Even when they have an iPhone we have to chat on WhatsApp
Literally everybody uses WhatsApp. I've lived in 4 EU countries and everybody uses WhatsApp. It's impossible to find someone who'd use iMessage, even when they have an iPhone and they refuse to use iMessage.business-wise, European business people use the app. From here on, I am not sure what will do now.
Many don't understand I have 5 messaging apps for clients around the world. This app has an impact on us here who use the app with euro people. Viber is used also, but not to the extent of WhatsAppLiterally everybody uses WhatsApp. I've lived in 4 EU countries and everybody uses WhatsApp. It's impossible to find someone who'd use iMessage, even when they have an iPhone and they refuse to use iMessage.
I feel like a lot of people don't understand it on here. You can't make people switch to another messaging app either.
Honestly, it's just not the App for me, secondly I personally prefer iMessage over WhatsApp, because for the lack of support on the iPad, for instance.Can you please clarify the reasons for your statement?
Here in the UK and EU it has become a rather essential service.
By the way, the service is called WhatsApp, and not What'sCrapp.
That's simply not possible unless you're all using phones without cell service.Outside USA, WhatsApp is a must or you are simply disconnected.
That's simply not possible unless you're all using phones without cell service.
SMS still exists, you can't turn it off. And if somebody has an iPhone, it's gonna default to using iMessage if available, and you'd have to actively turn it off.
Sorry, that's just nonsense.
Unfortunately true, although my family uses Signal, one daughter uses WhatsApp as well. My wife uses Threema for business at work.Let me reword it for you:
Outside of the USA (specifically in the EU and UK) WhatsApp is so ubiquitous that if you don't have it on your phone and don't use it, you are not as well connected as everyone else is.
Yes, of course you can still communicate with people with other services, but A: Other people might not want to communicate that way, and B: You would not be able to access the numerous WhatsApp group communications so commonly used here, or C: You would not be accessible for audio/video communication everyone here conduct on WhatsApp when done cross borders (to save on call cost) or when performed from phones other than iPhones (not everyone has FaceTime). Yes, there are other apps doing the same thing, but everyone here use WhatsApp and nobody is going to change it by complaining (or by reacting to posts with Angry emojis). It is not hard to understand why it has become pretty much an essential service.