Doctorow is always right.
WhatsApp is officially getting ads
Submitted 3 months ago by MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates
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lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
0485919158191@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You mean WhatsCrap?
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
OH whatsSNAP
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Never used it for personal ends. But I’m curious to see if all the companies using as a work tool will divert from it.
Signal.
And IF I learn how to run Jammi, it will be my default communication application.
Im_old@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think you mean Jami (single m).
It’s a nice concept but I’ll try to get my xmmp server nice and secured.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I stand corrected.
Corn@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
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 3 months ago
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 3 months 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 3 months ago
none of the clients seem to work on my phone
Hm, first time I hear that one to be honest.
Corn@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
When I tried to move my family to Telegram, only 2 managed to successfully install and verify a client.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That must be the reason they’ve been putting out more ads about chats being secure between both chatters. A misdirection so they can personalize your ads to your conversations
Tillman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Always a bit shocked to learn people still use WhatsApp.
linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
It’s like the de facto messaging app for a good portion of the world
oppy1984@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I have a buddy in Japan who was a foreign exchange student here in the U.S. years ago. When he went back home I had to use Line to talk to him, I tried for years to get him to use Signal and after years of nagging he agreed to start using Discord… well at least it’s not Whatsapp…
tzrlk@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s really big in Europe for some reason.
Ronno@feddit.nl 3 months ago
One of the first movers, so many chat groups are still on there and it’s very difficult to make people move. Many people simply don’t care about privacy, ads, user experience and what not, they just want the convenience of staying in the chat groups they are already in. A shame really.
Redex68@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Because SMS is trash, most of Europe doesn’t use iPhones and WhatsApp was one of the first messaging apps, so yeah.
j0ester@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Which is funny, because it’s very popular in Asian countries and Mexico too.
tarknassus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
All our clients use it. It’s bloody annoying. I have dozens who use WhatsApp, and like three who use Signal. Ironically, the three that use Signal also use WhatsApp and guess which one they use to contact us?
It’s a problem when it’s got mass market traction to get people to switch. I’m still trying to get off Messenger but some people insist on it… Going to have to get firm about that.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Some of us don’t have another choice. All (but 1) of my support groups are on WhatsApp and only 1 is on signal.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’re shocked to learn that people use an app with over 9 billion installs. Are you just fucking stupid?
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 months ago
All of my community groups are on there, including the school parents one. My choice is to not participate in the community or have Whatsapp… Or worse, Facebook.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I had to do it because many use it and I was not. If you want to communicate in certain parts of the world, this is the only way. I wish everyone would go to Signal or Telegram but everyone are not me.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 months ago
through its Stories-like status feature.
Eh, I’ve only seen it because of a misclick
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Explains why I’ve started seeing ads for WhatsApp, which was really bizarre
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Seems like I’m not in the target audience for these ads. I have absolutely zero clue what any of the things mentioned above are. I use WhatsApp to send messages.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
whatsapp-free since 2023!
mrodri89@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Damn first Telegram put a paywall to blocking non contacts and now this.
Shit, maybe we just gotta go iPhone to get easy encryption on messages. Rcs is kinda booty.
Fluxxr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I get downvoted to hell for years and years every time I defend iMessage. It’s such a nice experience and I get to communicate in a very multimedia way, using custom stickers and having it send animated handwriting when I write with my pencil on iPad. I get the platform limitation sucks, but it’s a better experience than WhatsApp or telegram or messenger ever was imo.
rustydomino@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The problem is there are very few alternatives that will work for grandma and her friends, especially open source alternatives. This is why WhatsApp and LINE are stupidly popular.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I had to use LINE for work a few years ago to communicate with the Philippines. Awful app.
rustydomino@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Awful depends on your point of view. Is it easy to message and call your friends and make group chats for free? The answer is yes. The fact that the interface sucks and is ad-ridden is irrelevant to older aunties and uncles.
edgarzen@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Get Signal.
Alchalide@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Soon: WhatsApp revanced
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wonder whether Meta will try to lock down cross platform access now.
Currently Beeper still works everywhere and ED’S DMA (Digital Markets Act) still has WhatsApp as gate keeper which is required to interpolate with other chat apps. However “WhatsApp stories” are entirely different from chat so that means they can block all of that and this is probably how Meta will approach future WhatsApp updates - more shit to lock people in WhatsApp that isnt directly chat related.
naeap@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
adding that it won’t use your messages, calls, or groups to inform its ads.
I thought they used some E2E implemented for them by the Signal team.
Have they already butchered it completely?Zak@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t think any evidence has come to light that WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption of message contents is broken, but it’s also impossible to prove that it is correct because the client is not open source.
RedWheelbarrow@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ahh meta!!! Sighs.
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 3 months ago
These ads on messaging services are out of control
so… back to owl mail then?
Redex68@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I see a lot of people saying it’s time to switch to Signal, and I mean I agree in principle, it’s my main messaging app, but I don’t see how it can scale. It runs off of donations and the only reason it’s still functioning is because the users that are there are above averagely passionate about it and willing to donate. If it became the defacto messaging app I fear that there is no way they would be capable of financing that level of traffic.
SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’d probably still use it if I had to pay for it
Redex68@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I mean, there are some who will be willing to do that, but the vast majority of average people won’t pay for something if a free version exists (like WhatsApp)
t_berium@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Looks like I need an alternative. An alternative for which there is still no prospect of enshitification. Which services are neither American, Chinese nor Russian? Anything from Europe?
teolan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Signal is American but run by a non profit so it can’t be sold and is open source under GPL3 without a CLA from what I can see so it’s unlikely they would ever go closed source.
j0ester@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You may also get invited to a US military intelligence chat too. Bonus!
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What app?
Really though, what was the main use for this kind of chat app? Genuinely since I assume there is one, I just don’t know it since I never had a reason to use it. Was it encrypted? Cause I get using specifically encrypted messaging systems, but if it’s not, was it that good of an option over other chat apps?
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
It was SMS, but better. It has been the message platform of choice for pretty much everyone in my country for well over a decade, not as many options existed back then.
tzrlk@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I hate how every single messaging app with SMS integration eventually drops it, sending me back to whatever stock bullshit came with my phone.
swarfega@feddit.uk 3 months ago
In the UK. SMS were not free to send. In fact, MMS are still not free to send today. This is what WhatsApp solved, instant messaging that uses your data and alas has no additional costs.
Popularity grew, which is why Meta purchased it, and we are now where we are today.
pinesolcario@lemy.lol 3 months ago
Considering the zero byte article using anything from Meta is a FAFO moment.
SieYaku@chachara.club 3 months ago
For my the best choose is XMPP… More choices, federated, simple and very secure with Omemo. You don’t have the security issues like you do in WhatsApp, Telegram or Matrix (who’s principal server is in economic problems matrix.org). And Signal… Well it’s a long journey and can take very bad turns cause is private and has big ties with the US and big corp, still is and option and you can use the fork Molly.
Broken@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Out of curiosity, do you use your xmpp app for SMS as well? I’ve been doing so (since the majority of my family will not leave the SMS messaging system) but its a bit lacking when it comes to groups and MMS.
SieYaku@chachara.club 3 months ago
Was don’t know that was possible! So… No I don’t use it that way. But now I’m interested in explore it. Thanks!