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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: whatsapp interoperability
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Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 20.09.24 um 20:25 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>> On 2024-09-20 14:30, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>> On 19.09.24 21:47, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> You live in a different country than me. Here, if I need to call a
>>>>> plumber to fix a broken tap, he asks me to send a photo via wasap. You
>>>>> can not live without having and using wasap. My bank manager this
>>>>> morning sent me her profesional contact info, on wasap.
>>>> 
>>>> Thankfully, it's not yet become "semi-obligatory" here ...
>>> 
>>> It isn't anywhere.
>> 
>> LOL! Here it is. Not obligatory, just the de facto standard. Everybody
>> has it. Even banks assume you have it.
> 
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/business/banks-fines-whatsapp-records.html

This is internal bank use of WhatsApp as well as iMessage and Signal for
business discussions. Which is against SEC regulations. 

Nothing to do with customer interactions which businesses can choose
whatever form suits their customers. In Spain, it's commonly whatsapp.
Italy also has a strong culture of whatsapp.