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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

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713 points greenburger | 3 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ed_blackburn ◴[17 Jun 25 09:13 UTC] No.44297142[source]▶
WhatsApp has been relatively feature stagnant for a long while now, and it's certainly being almost ubiquitous for a long time too, but we're seeing an explosion in features and product tweaks recently? I wonder what the trigger was to suddenly leverage the enormous corpus of users to sweat more cash out of it?
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1. Aardwolf ◴[17 Jun 25 09:16 UTC] No.44297155[source]▶
> relatively feature stagnant

Is that a bad thing? It's a useful dedicated tool. Paperclips have been feature stagnant since the 19th century, and they're fine

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2. nalinidash ◴[17 Jun 25 12:40 UTC] No.44298417[source]▶
> Is that a bad thing?

I think the op did not mean that. Whatsapp has been adding many new features and tweaks recently(maybe 6months-1yr).Before that they were not that keen on changing.

3. Toorkit ◴[17 Jun 25 13:50 UTC] No.44299213[source]▶
It's about time they added AI features to paperclips.