This is such great news! More ammo to use when trying to convince friends and family to move away from WhatsApp
"We will never show you ads in WhatsApp. We promise". --Facebook when they bought WhatsApp and promised the previous owner not to force ads in the app...
I wonder if anyone believed them at the time
If they did not, they at least ignored that instinct and kept using WhatsApp...
How do we get people to stop ignoring their better instincts in things like this?
I hope Signal does this too!
- no one ever.
I just love ads! Especially when they get in the way of what I'm trying to do!!
The enshittify proof alternative!
Would signal also work?
...Electron inside.
... So encrypted email?
*gasp*
Who could have ever seen this move coming? From Facebook, of all companies!
If thats not a reason to switch to Signal what is.
But people just suck it up anyway, they did when reddit gone to shit, they did when Amazon startes showing ads even tho when you were paying, they did when Netflix disallowed sharing and you had to pay extra.
People just suck up whatever is thrown at them and are fucking stupid.
We cant have nice things, because companies will greed and if users dont react and cancel the shit out of them they and others will continue to press more moneyjuice out of people.
Good news good Signal.
I forgot WhatsApp existed.
Guess its shittier now.
Mhm. Yup.
It's the go-to messagging app in my country for historical reasons.
I'm forced to use WhatsApp chat so I keep it installed begrudgingly. But who the fuck is using WhatsApp stories?
Who is forcing you?
I literally just got my senior citizen dad off Skype and over to WhatsApp like 2 years ago... Ain't no way I can get him over to signal
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