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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

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713 points greenburger | 2 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.582s | source
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k_bx ◴[17 Jun 25 06:44 UTC] No.44296293[source]▶
I really hope it helps them build a decent app, but I doubt it. In Ukraine, there's a huge problem of Telegram being so feature-rich compared to WhatsApp that it's impossible to convince people to do the switch, even under the national security threat.
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1. jaoane ◴[17 Jun 25 06:55 UTC] No.44296355[source]▶
Really WhatsApp is not a national security threat? Ukraine is basically a vassal state of the US at this point, I would think it would be best to depend less of them.
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2. k_bx ◴[17 Jun 25 11:09 UTC] No.44297721[source]▶
It is to an extent, but not as much to call it a "national security threat".