Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verificationwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down12
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verificationwww.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoWhatsApp: “you can now use email to access your account if you can’t use your phone for some reason” This community: “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoMy reeeing depends on if they are going to make it mandatory. And I have a feeling they are coming full force on the enshittification bandwagon.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe problem is that they’re reaching for emails in addition to phone numbers. Don’t think for a second they’re going to let you login with just email. They want email just to have yet another data metric to profile you with.
WhatsApp: “you can now use email to access your account if you can’t use your phone for some reason”
This community: “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
My reeeing depends on if they are going to make it mandatory. And I have a feeling they are coming full force on the enshittification bandwagon.
The problem is that they’re reaching for emails in addition to phone numbers. Don’t think for a second they’re going to let you login with just email. They want email just to have yet another data metric to profile you with.