RAMROD 117,891 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like status feature. The status feature lives within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab and allows users to share disappearing text, photo, voice notes, or video messages. But now, you might see sponsored content in addition to the updates shared by friends or family members. Meta had been considering bringing advertising to WhatsApp for years now, an idea its founders were entirely against. Though Meta reversed plans to roll out in-app ads in 2020, WhatsApp head Will Cathcart confirmed in 2023 that the company was still working on an implementation. Last year, Meta made more than $160 billion in ad revenue. Meta says it will tailor the ads to your interests by using “limited” information, including your country or city, language, the channels you follow, and how you interact with ads on the platform. You can also change your ad preferences from Meta’s Accounts Center if you’ve opted into the hub. https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 27,358 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 The enshitification of the internet continues The gays know how to party Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigatha 1,340 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 I'm surprised they weren't already doing it lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaybeKermit 5,231 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 thank god it's just on the stories, who posts stories on Whatsapp anyways lol, As long as they don't do it on the chats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 22,925 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 9 minutes ago, MaybeKermit said: thank god it's just on the stories, who posts stories on Whatsapp anyways lol, As long as they don't do it on the chats I do The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,891 Posted June 16, 2025 Author Share Posted June 16, 2025 18 minutes ago, MaybeKermit said: thank god it's just on the stories, who posts stories on Whatsapp anyways lol, As long as they don't do it on the chats This is just the start imho, watch they will do it on the chats. It's Meta, they will do that type of BS (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegAde 20,581 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 30 minutes ago, MaybeKermit said: thank god it's just on the stories, who posts stories on Whatsapp anyways lol, As long as they don't do it on the chats 11 minutes ago, RAMROD said: This is just the start imho, watch they will do it on the chats. It's Meta, they will do that type of BS The "channels to follow" already felt like adds to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaybeKermit 5,231 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 21 minutes ago, RenegAde said: The "channels to follow" already felt like adds to me 34 minutes ago, RAMROD said: This is just the start imho, watch they will do it on the chats. It's Meta, they will do that type of BS hmmm, well.. in CASE of; any other ad free chat apps you guys recommend? Is WeChat ad free ? Telegram I suppose? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison Rae 18,233 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 the whatsapp auntie group chats about to go crazy when they hear this sitting on his lap sipping diet pepsi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin 6,888 Posted June 16, 2025 Share Posted June 16, 2025 3 hours ago, Bronco said: The enshitification of the internet continues Me when I created a GGD account Follow every rainbow till you find your dream Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featured Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.