It's a piece of shit and they know they can get away with it. Omg why are there no open protocols on Instant messengIng like email. Europe should enforce it.

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bauruine an hour ago | parent [-]

You mean like Matrix or XMPP? They just aren't as ubiquitous as email unfortunately.

	▲	the_gipsy 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		At least you can bridge WhatsApp and then use whatever client you like.