Textbook enshittification.
WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox
Submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.androidpolice.com/whatsapp-ads-meta-messaging-inbox/
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TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 1 year ago
God_Is_Love@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Use Signal instead and donate what you can per month! I’d much rather support them than Meta
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
There’s one slight issue with Signal and it’s that none of my contacts is using it and I’m not going to be the guy telling them to install it just so that they can talk to me.
daniskarma@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In the EU by next year app communication protocols need to be compatible by law, it is mainly said that it would mean that whatsapp could communicate with telegram but I suppose it also should work with signal.
God_Is_Love@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Not gonna lie I did this with all of my friends and family and most of them switched 🤣 But I completely get not wanting to go there!
Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah great, then I can talk to literally nobody because I’ve never met a single person in my life who has signal, and now it doesn’t even do texts anymore! Hooray!
qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
SMS was considered a safety issue amd discontinued.
And if nobody in your friends group start talking about, nobody will get to know it.
Asudox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just today I found out that usernames are available for public testing.
bullshitter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m using it.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Signal is this weird middle ground. I would prefer it if the person already has it. But if I am to try convincing someone to at least try another messaging solution, I would rather lead them to XMPP.
Also having to use either signal-cli or Waydroid is VERY annoying, because they arbitrarily decided to screw desktop over.
Melonpoly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The only thing stopping me would be that literally no one on my contact list wants to do that… including work. I’m sure that’s the same for most people.
Patch@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Legitimate question: works Signal or Matrix be the most desirable place to end up in a hypothetical post-WhatsApp Hegemony world?
I’ve honestly never got my head around the difference in terms of the pros and cons of each.
God_Is_Love@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I actually haven’t heard of Matrix, it sounds like your knowledge on this topic surpasses my own!! I’m gonna research the things you mentioned though because I’m interested!
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Time to find your matrix homeserver!
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I do love the idea of matrix, but it’s definitely not a direct replacement for whatsapp, sadly.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How do you even search for it. What’s it called ? Matrix brings up the film franchise
Hexagon@feddit.it 1 year ago
Why not? I never tried it so I don’t know the details
Azhad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I hope that they put ads, lots and lots of ads, so I can finally switch to something else.
sviper@programming.dev 1 year ago
Waiting for WhatsApp enshittification do that I can move to more open platform
jungle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
WhatsApp doesn’t have an inbox. What are they talking about!?
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
It has a feed now full of podcasters and tiktokers, the web version offers me to buy ads for the feed right in the front of the messages, every time I open it, disgusting
jungle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t see that. There’s no feed anywhere as far as I can tell. I just see my chats. I didn’t create any communities or join any channels. Is that where you see a feed?
MDZA@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I hope they do it. And I hope It’s bad enough to push users away.
Then I my exit out of the Meta ecosystem will be complete!
Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just don’t use the Channels feature, which is stupid on a messenger app anyway.
lemmylommy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, that site complains about adblockers, so it is not much better.
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 year ago
I'm so happy I'm not using WhatsApp. I use Matrix and Telegram and that's it.
sugartits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Telegram already has ads in it…
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 year ago
Ow never seem them..? Then again I'm not in very large channels. Or you can also use different clients.
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Does WhatsApp have a premium option like Telegram?
Not actually opposed to paying for my messenger, altho Meta won’t get any $ from me
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Don’t worry, they’re still making money off you.
pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
In case of anti-adblock: 1ft.io/proxy?q=http%3A%2F%2Fandroidpolice.com%2Fw…
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
This seems to follow a progression
Actually not sure what’s real vs hypothetical at this point.
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We’ve been through this before. FFS, the US has a whole event whose entire point for like 99% of the population is to see which ads will be shown during the half time break. Cable still has 24h advertisement channels.
teft@startrek.website 1 year ago
This is how you end up with that scene in Demolition Man where they’re singing commercials.
dopeshark@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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bratosch@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Nice try, Dr. Pepper. If that is even your real name!
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Oh gosh. Did my critique of ads just become an ad?
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m gonna be real, I prefer fansville style ads over traditional TV commercials.