ADS IN WHATSAPP (AND TIPS ON LEAVING)
Meta is gonna do what Meta is gonna do, adding advertisements to WhatsApp: “ads built with privacy in mind.” Apparently it’s only in the Updates Tab, but as John Gruber says, “does anyone believe they’re not going to put ads in the other tabs sooner or later?”
Good discussion ensues on HackerNews about how folks have moved away from WhatsApp:
“I moved my family over to Signal years ago. Anyone new who wants to message me, I simply say “I’m on Signal” and if it’s important enough, they go and install it.”
Read the full thread here.
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