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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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[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Do you have WhatsApp?

No Telegram?

I dont have that one, none of the clients seem to work on my phone... Wechat?

Cant verify, SMS doesnt get through. LINE?

lol I dont have a japanese number. Kakaotalk?

No... ...discord?

Sure!

Shit he's 30 seconds from finding out Im a furry.

[–] SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 1 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

I've never had this problem. If they don't want to download Signal and can't cope with basic SMS then tough luck.

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 minutes ago

SMS has issues if youre traveling a lot or want to send large files. Nobody has Signal and Im not going to ask someone I just met to install a new app.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

none of the clients seem to work on my phone

Hm, first time I hear that one to be honest.

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

When I tried to move my family to Telegram, only 2 managed to successfully install and verify a client.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 2 points 36 minutes ago

I'm highly technical and telegram refused to auth me on first install, no workaround

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What on earth are you using instead of phones?

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

Half of them are boomers or have the tech literacy of boomers.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 33 minutes ago

That I get. I am struggling to understand what device you need to have so installing Telegram is more complicated than installing WhatsApp