I understand the DMA interop thing quite well, and it is a private API. The matrix bridge does not use official interop as the Matrix foundation has given up on plans to do interop, as it requires geolocating (and then georestricting) their users.

The current, longstanding, matrix bridge requires you to have the WhatsApp app installed on your phone, with a working account.

You’re correct, it is not a public API. In fact, just to see the specs, you need to be either an organization (or an indie developer) registered in the EU and have to sign a massive NDA just to get the documentation!

WhatsApp was originally built on, and still is, a forked version of XMPP. It is nothing like the matrix protocol.

!beeper@lemmy.ml

No one is talking about the GDPR…

It won’t let you send until you actually change the name lol

I’m gonna put a pin in this, but I’ll come back to it later

rubbing some brain cells together.

Doesn’t that cause a seizure

“staplegunmans” are definitely my personal worst nightmare as well

No but I discovered this share sheet extension that does similarly: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1598706451

you’re right

You will own nothing, and you will love it! 😠

Like Reddit, lemmy is based around communities and hierarchical comments (plus downvoting).

Mastodon, like Twitter, is a single timeline from people you follow (and sometimes people they follow and repost), as well as hashtag searching etc. It has no downvote option, but thanks to ActivityPub you can post to lemmy from mastodon and liking something is equivalent to an upvote.

just use mastodon

that’s what you get for being mildly interested in something 😂

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I was promised my giant tortoise would live until at least age 200 when I ordered him on amazon