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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

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713 points greenburger | 1 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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perks_12 ◴[16 Jun 25 14:18 UTC] No.44289749[source]▶
WhatsApp has S-tier status here in Germany. If I had access to a proper API I would pay them per message, without them needing to make their UX worse. If anything, if I had to pay per message, I'd be incentivized not to send too many messages, keeping the distractions for the user at a minimum.
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1. ale42 ◴[17 Jun 25 06:59 UTC] No.44296381[source]▶
Isn't it what WhatsApp for Business API does? https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/get-...