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Does anyone know where this is at? I thought WhatsApp were being forced by the EU in 2024 to introduce this under the Digital Markets App? I'm googling, but am finding very little info.

It would be great if we could use Signal to communicate with WhatsApp groups. The sooner I can delete WhatsApp the better.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

Federating would mean handing off chat metadata to Meta and other for-profit companies in the future.

I don't see how anyone excited to use Signal would like that. It very much defeats the purpose of using Signal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (10 children)

The benefit would be the ability to chat with those refusing to move away from WhatsApp without having to use the Whats App. I get why they aren't going for it, but I guess it could be handy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Family, friends and most people in general I know use WhatsApp. It's very very popular in some places.

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