[smashah]

As I said, if the demo opened Whatsapp and sent a message then their lawyers would harass the OSS developer of the tool with C&Ds and they'd consider it a breach of their ToS and block your account.

This is not hyperbole, that's what they will do based on precedent. And it doesn't matter about the validity of their claims because the calculation as a victim to these legal threats is that this $800bn megacorp is able to ruin your life for what amounts to less than pocket change and these big law firms are incentivized to come after you.

Adversarial interop should be an inalienable digital human right. This way companies will be forced to give API access or risk interoperability being legally scraped against their will.