[Documentation] Phone Requirement (Required or not?)

[maltfield]

This issue is an attempt to address the obvious question: does this WALC serve as an alternative to the WhatsApp app (ie: "is it a standalone desktop app?") or is it just yet-another-second-class-desktop-client that routes messages through the phone on the intranet?

Solution

This is not a support request. This is a ticket to update the documentation. Please do not answer this question just on this GitHub issue.

The solution to this ticket should be to state, very clearly, in the README.md file if:

1. Using WALC still requires the user to first install and create an account in the official WhatsApp app, and all messages are routed through the phone (eg like whatsapp web), or
2. Using WALC still requires the user to first install and create an account in the official WhatsApp app, but afterwords WhatsApp can be uninstalled forever, and the desktop client can replace it (eg like Telegram), or
3. Using WALC is an entirely first-class desktop app. You can create an account in it directly, and you never need to use the official WhatsApp mobile app for any reason (eg like Wire)

Again, please add this information to the README.md file -- not to this ticket.

[albakhtari]

WALC is just a wrapper for WhatsApp web, there's no need to include this information as that is to do with WhatsApp web not WALC.