That sounds promising! Same situation over here (also western europe): I’m seemingly the last one to use SMS. Everybody else is on WA. Not using WA means missing out on lots of things. People discussing where and when to meet to spend a weekend out in the forests camping. Not having WA can mean not being part of the planning. Not being part of it slowly means being pressed to the outer rim of the plate before eventually falling over.
So being able to use an alternative software to connect to WA would mean a big plus. Thanks for mentioning it (i didn’t look for it since quite a while).