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WhatsApp to get channel subscriptions, promoted channels, and ads in Status (about.fb.com)
submitted 16 hours ago by nunesgh@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Takeaways

  • We’re introducing channel subscriptions, promoted channels and ads in Status in the WhatsApp Updates tab to help you find channels and products you’re interested in.
  • The growing popularity of the Updates tab makes this the right place for these experiences, in a way that doesn’t interrupt your chats.
  • Nothing changes about people’s personal chats, which remain end-to-end encrypted and are not used for ads.
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I am fairly close to telling people they can reach me on Signal or just call me. Sick of these ad-ridden and/or privacy nightmare chat apps.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I really want to but then ill have zero online friends and like 2 irl friends left 😔 people like what they are conditioned to like and will not change.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I got three out of five friends in a chat to leave Messenger for Signal. Pretty happy about that yield.

I slow down my conversation with the Messenger friends and let them know the rest of us are talking on Signal, maybe they'll just hook up again sometime.