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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: 0.21s | source
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55555 ◴[17 Jun 25 13:44 UTC] No.44299135[source]▶
My simple solution to this problem: we need a law that forces companies to provide a messaging-only version of messaging apps, without algorithmic social feeds.
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1. plemer ◴[17 Jun 25 13:47 UTC] No.44299179[source]▶
That’s nice, but what’s their incentive to build? Unless we’re just going to start decreeing the products we’d prefer.