Major changes for Whatsapp

[BusinessTech]

Major changes for Whatsapp

Meta has announced that it is adding ads and subscriptions to its WhatsApp messaging app

 

[longboy]

As soon as I see an Ad I'm deleting WhatsApp.

 

[The Darkness]

As soon as I see an Ad I'm deleting WhatsApp.

Good luck. Everyone is using it. I'd prefer to pay for no ads

 

[bwana]

I don't use it often enough that ads would make much of a difference.

 

[Smiggles]

Good luck. Everyone is using it. I'd prefer to pay for no ads

People will jump ship to something else just like they went from SMS to Mxit to BIM to Whatsapp.

 

[Agent_Smith]

According to the company, ads won’t show up inside your chats. Instead, they will appear in the Updates tab, a feature launched in 2023 that lets users follow public Channels for news and announcements.

These channels, used by everyone from local governments to content creators, will now be able to pay for promoted placement, boosting visibility to WhatsApp’s 1.5 billion daily users.

Users may start to see ads in the Status section as well. These ads will function much like Instagram Stories: tap on one to begin a chat with the business.

If this is the case, then it is not the end of the world, at least for me anyway. I seldom go into the updates section.

 

[thestaggy]

People will jump ship to something else just like they went from SMS to Mxit to BIM to Whatsapp.

All because they were a cheaper, more efficient offering than the one they replaced.