It’s been a year or two, but last time I tried it their app worked fine on x86 Android in qemu. Not the most efficient way to run it, but at least it’s isolated from the rest of the system.
Computer, tea and ttrpg nerd.
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It’s been a year or two, but last time I tried it their app worked fine on x86 Android in qemu. Not the most efficient way to run it, but at least it’s isolated from the rest of the system.
It’s been doing the exact opposite and implementing more targeted advertising after several previous monetization attempts (including a cryptocurrency integration) flopped.
Similarly the feature set is increasingly locked behind “premium” paywall.
It’s headed in no good direction if you ask me.
Original WhatsApp was XMPP with phone number for your username. Pretty much what https://quicksy.im/ does now.
WhatsApp today is completely different beast.