This is cool. I wish Signal had a bot API like telegram's.

Same. I used to use telegram for everything and then stopped after I realised it wasn’t really and to end encrypted. The bots were super useful. I used to have one I could ask different bus times for. Was so much better than the app the local bus company had made.

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AgharaShyam 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish WhatsApp did... hopefully it goes the way of BBM and a more developer friendly platform becomes the norm among normies.

	▲	domh an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		WhatsApp does appear to have some "business" account/API type stuff which I assume is scriptable. But I don't believe it's got a free tier for personal use (although I haven't personally looked). It is always preferable to use WhatsApp to contact a business than calling up.
	▲	pajamasam an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hmmm no, Meta is making money from businesses using their API.

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timtody 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not having a bot API is one of the many things that makes Signal amazing

	▲	codedokode a minute ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Bots are separate accounts, marked as bots and cannot message anyone first.
	▲	floppyd 22 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Not having a bot API is what stops me from moving to Signal. I have 10-ish telegram bots running for myself, I just use telegram as UI for a script running on backend, and results are easily shareable with my other telegram contacts. I have no clue why not having this is amazing in any way.
	▲	ameliaquining 23 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why? Bots using the bot API can't send unsolicited messages to people. (Bots that control regular user accounts without using the API can of course do this, but Signal's not immune to that either.)