WhatsApp is preparing to make a change that you hate, that you never wanted in the application, that has been announced as a threat throughout time, but that will eventually become reality. More precisely, those from WhatsApp have officially confirmed that starting next year they will start displaying advertisements within the application used by more than 1.5 billion users worldwide, although they will face a great wave of criticism.
WhatsApp will initially display ads in the section where users can see new statuses from the network, i.e. the section where the daily stories are available, the system may be similar to that of Instagram. Ads for WhatsApp status will be available after the Americans have to allow companies to contact customers from the platform unsolicited with offers regarding their products, so we are not talking about anything other than the continuation of a harmful policy.
The WhatsApp ad that will ANNOY ALL Users
WhatsApp was left without its co-founders precisely because Facebook has been pushing for the display of advertisements within the application for several months, and now that they have left the company, Mark Zuckerberg can do whatever he wants. Although WhatsApp will start displaying ads within the application, company representatives claim that the message encryption system will not be affected by this change, but people will care little about it, in the end.
"A WhatsApp spokesperson confirmed that WhatsApp will start placing ads in the Status feature next year, but added that even if more companies start to initiate chats with people on the platform, "messages will remain encrypted end-to-end. There are no plans to change this. ""
WhatsApp could have another way of monetization, per message sent, but after a very large number of messages had been sent monthly by people, and at an extremely low price compared to an SMS, for example. This proposal came from one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, but it would certainly not have been appreciated by people, and many would have left the platform, something that could happen even now with the display of these ads .
