WhatsApp is officially getting ads

a year ago by MazonnaCara89 to c/technology

The end of an ad-free WhatsApp.

WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like status feature.

Meta says it will tailor the ads to your interests by using “limited” information, including your country or city, language, the channels you follow, and how you interact with ads on the platform. You can also change your ad preferences from Meta’s Accounts Center.

This isn’t the only change Meta is making to WhatsApp. The company will also start showing promoted channels when you click on the Explore button to find new ones to follow. It’s also rolling out the ability to subscribe to channels to “receive exclusive updates” as well.

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ThePowerOfGeek 144 points a year ago

Good news good Signal.

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hansolo 48 points a year ago

Only if you donate. Otherwise bad news, Signal.

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WhatAmLemmy 8 points a year ago

Have they removed that dogshit crypto they added a few years ago? Haven't donated since.

Signal was never more than a stepping stone anyway. Centralised privacy services, that can be taken down by any government, are doomed to fail under surveillance capitalfascism.

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ParetoOptimalDev -8 points a year ago path: 0 17699838 17700129 17700616 17702494, hotness: undefined, score: -8, children: 9
Ulrich 19 points a year ago

I recommend you have a look at this guy's Twitter profile and reconsider.

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swelter_spark 4 points a year ago

What does this mean? What's on his twitter profile?

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hasnep 6 points a year ago

Bunch of right wing stuff, some anti vax stuff, the usual

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swelter_spark 1 point a year ago

I'm surprised. He didn't come across this way to me on Github, or in group chats and interviews he's done. I want to say that, as a non-American, maybe he doesn't know the kind of things Trump has done here, but then it seems like everyone knows what Trump has done here.

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hasnep 1 point a year ago

He's well aware of what Trump has done, that's why he likes trump

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