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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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[–] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m more surprised it took them this long. Thankfully there are already many decent alternative messaging apps.

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

but still nobody is going to switch. whenever i try to convince people to switch, they just defend whatsapp and I'm a whiner

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Or they do switch but for like 1 day and then go back to messaging you on WhatsApp. I tried switching to signal at least a couple times, even convinced a couple groups to move, but not a single chat lasted more than a couple weeks. Eventually they all went back to WhatsApp. Every single one. It's extremely difficult to get people to care.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 14 hours ago

Keep answering on Signal.

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

got my mom and sister to switch our group chat to element, but after a month they decided it sucks and now they love whatsapp more than ever...