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WhatsApp is officially getting ads (www.theverge.com)
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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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[–] nothrone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

WhatsApp getting ads is great news! WhatsApp, and any other meta/facebook/for-profit-social-network will never be a good product. Therefore, the second best alternative is for it to be as bad as possible, so people finally change to worthy alternatives.

What is the alternative here? Don't know, perhaps Signal, though the devs are not welcoming at all. The UI is absolute shit. Looks like UI for old people, huge margins and empty space. My screen fits like 3 chats. A compact theme would take a few hours to create and vastly improve the product, but ya..

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago

I know right? Why would I use signal? There's not even any games!

/s

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

My Signal screen fits 8 chats, and looks simliar to any other messenger I've used. It's a messenger app and the UI shows messages. I wouldn't want it to show anything else.

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 9 points 10 hours ago

Signal? Dude, I don't want nonstop getting updates about the war plans of the Trump administration ;-)