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Comments on Installing WhatsApp on a desktop computer without having WhatsApp installed on a smartphone

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Installing WhatsApp on a desktop computer without having WhatsApp installed on a smartphone

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I use Windows 10 Home.

I need to install a WhatsApp client on my desktop computer but WhatsApp requires me to have a WhatsApp client installed on my smartphone to do so;
Installing WhatsApp on my smartphone is something I don't want to do from various reasons I think I shouldn't discuss here.

I understand that there exist Android emulators which I could install on my Windows instance, such as Andy, BlueStacks, Genymotion (on a Ubuntu on top of Windows) and I understand also NoxPlayer and by their emulated smartphone WhatsApp, then install a WhatsApp desktop on Windows.

But, can I really count such emulators in the long term (say, 10 years)?
I need something stable and solid that WhatsApp itself won't probably block on some time --- not lose or let down any potential customer.

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But, can I really count such emulators in the long run? (3 comments)
"not lose or let down any potential customer" (1 comment)
Did you already solve the "whatsapp requires a phone number"-problem before worrying about availabili... (6 comments)
Did you already solve the "whatsapp requires a phone number"-problem before worrying about availabili...
samcarter‭ wrote about 3 years ago
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Did you already solve the "whatsapp requires a phone number"-problem before worrying about availability of emulators?

deleted user wrote about 3 years ago
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Hello samcarter‭ I don't understand your comment; you might want to rephrase something / clarify...

samcarter‭ wrote about 3 years ago · edited about 3 years ago
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As far as I know, whatsapp does not only need an android (or ios) device, but also requires a phone number. This sounds like the more complicate hurdle. If you can't solve this, it does not seem worth the effort to worry about emulators. That's why I am asking if you already solved it.

deleted user wrote about 3 years ago · edited about 3 years ago
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samcarter‭ thanks, the only solution I know for that problem is using a virtual phone number; there may be Android emulators for phone numbers (which create a virtual phone number).

samcarter‭ wrote about 3 years ago
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That sounds much more prone for breakage in the time frame of a decade than an emulator for an app, as it will rely on some external service.

deleted user wrote about 3 years ago
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samcarter‭ what about buying a virtual phone number from a "serious" company that sells one? This is starting to become a "hot" topic in the recent 5 years... Buying and paying for a virtual phone number with a country code. Well, who knows, maybe WhatsApp will block that too...