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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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is there any way to use whatsapp without creating an account with them? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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don't know if this is an appropriate community

I don't particularly like this application, but my whole family uses and they simply won't use any foss alternative I've proposed so far.

I'm even thinking about joining them.

I only need audio, no video calls, no file transfers.

ETA: what free droid apps can do simply that, not needing for me to provide a phone number or my current location / country?

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[–] 56_@slrpnk.net 1 points 23 hours ago

One rather complicated method of accessing whatsapp:

Install the whatsapp app within an android emulator on your computer (such as waydroid).
Create an account using a throw-away number (I got a £10 pay-as-you-go sim just for that, though you will need to put the sim in a phone to get the verification sms).
Access whatsapp on your computer or phone through web.whatsapp.com (there seems to be an f-droid app for that too) (They recently added support for voice+video calls).
You will need to boot up the android emulator every 2 weeks to sign in to whatsapp web.