> It saves you the trouble of opening two apps. Nothing more.
I use the Element One subscription, with bridges to Signal and WhatsApp.
It enables a bit more than "not having to open two apps" (although that in itself is nice). It means that I have one, good, client on any platform I want and it has all the messaging. I don't have to double up the client on every platform I want to read/write messages on.
Plus, I get a proper backup of all my messages without having to worry about how that happens on WhatsApp and Signal (the Signal situation is a bit complicated here).
why not? i've not personally done a bridge yet and all the docs i've read say that but i had someone inform me last time "whatsapp bridge does not require a whatsapp number now" but i've not been able to find records for that so yeah, in my opinion, that is the current practice but i am not sure
Because it seems like a factual statement that can be verified to be either right or wrong, not something that can be an opinion. Maybe "IIUC" would have made more sense than "IMO".
On Telegram it works fine for me.