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WhatsApp to get channel subscriptions, promoted channels, and ads in Status (about.fb.com)
submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If it was that simple... I agree that we need to get off Meta, but this country runs on Whatsapp, if I don't have one, I can't even talk to customer service or talk to anybody really.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Someone has to push for the change that we so desperately need. Someone needs to say no when everyone else is willingly bending over.

Don’t go cold turkey if that’s what you need to live but damn more people need to stand up and say fuck that noise, if it’s not a business then they have a choice to go somewhere better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I tried before, but I made my life hell on earth. I only have whatsapp now because its mandatory. Since 2022, I only have lemmy, mastodon and unfortunately whatsapp as social media.