Useless messenger
And no IPad version to
khannie, (edited ) 
web.whatsapp.com works really well
edit: It does not do voice or video but I’m OK switching to my phone for those
possiblylinux127, Its proprietary so that’s not a shock
RmDebArc_5, 
So is Discord and Viber
possiblylinux127, Neither of which run well on Linux. Don’t use proprietary software when there are other options
Pyroglyph, 
I’ve been running Discord just fine on Linux. It’s just a web wrapper, after all. What issues have you been having with it?
Ziglin, Recently it’s stopped opening links in my browser and won’t let me upload files to discord.
RmDebArc_5, Screen share on Wayland is completely broken
Pyroglyph, From what I’ve read online that’s a problem with Wayland not Discord.
RmDebArc_5, Discord was not made for Wayland and has failed to provide an update
optissima, Armcord has a plugin fix for that I believe!
Zangoose, 
Armcord doesn’t have global keybinds yet though (no push to talk/mute toggle unless you are tabbed into armcord) which is even worse imo
_user_, Last time I tried Viber, it ran fine on Linux, what issues have you had with it?
Discord also works pretty well, minus the white flashing when scrolling through GIFs for me
possiblylinux127, Viber and Discord aren’t free (libre) software and should be avoided. I’ve never ran them because of that reason. However, I’ve heard lots of complaints of proprietary mainstream applications not being great on Linux.
dmrzl, “Neither of which run well on Linux.”
“I’ve never ran them because of that reason.”
Yikes.
Octopus1348, I had a problem with Viber on Linux, it crashed when picking up or starting a call, but that was quickly fixed.
_user_, Admittedly haven’t tried calling with it, that being said I still need to reinstall it on my main laptop (only recently switched to Linux on that, was using an old laptop with Linux before that), so I’ll try some stuff again
pewgar_seemsimandroid, isn’t android somewhat linux
possiblylinux127, Not really. It technically uses a heavy modified kernel but that’s about it
NotSteve_, There are plenty of desktop wrappers available for the Web version. I don’t use WhatsApp often but from my experience it seems fairly similar to the Windows desktop app
spookedbyroaches, Main problem is that it doesn’t have voice and video calls there.
NotSteve_, Ah fair enough, I can see how that’d be an issue
jbk, Afaik they created a Windows client that’s native sort of recently and I’m pretty sure it’s a better experience than the web version because that’s one slow as hell to initially load for me.
dan, 
Who uses WhatsApp anyway?
uis, 
Teachers and parents in Russia
Echrichor, Most people?
Ziglin, Unfortunately many of my friends that don’t use Signal.
flying_sheep, 
Basically everyone in Germany.
ADTJ, Most people in Europe
ichbinjasokreativ, Wrappers are available as snaps/flatpaks
alldreadme, 
None of which support voice/video calls. Also the native app on windows is fast af
Jagermo, Use it in matrix? Or Element One?
Andrew15_5, 
You forgot about Matrix clients (and servers).
ColdWater, 
And I still using email
pewgar_seemsimandroid, very unsecure mostly
clot27, 
telegram GOAT
Magrath, Whatsapp has always been behind the curve. Took them way too long to allow gifs.
h_a_r_u_k_i, 
I actually prefer that—a simple messenger without gifs and stickers, just plain text.
I’m not promoting WhatsApp in this case though. It’s one thing it’s done right, besides end-to-end encryption.
AlbyEvent, You can install an apps which basically display the WhatsApp webpage like an app, if you use flathub at least
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