Is there any chance the users of whatsapp will delete that app after it have ads in it ? What do you think ?
Is whatsapp deep rooted into humans soul that no changes will create hate to whatsapp ? Are everyone living in a subconcious state ?
We need to realise that WE ARE A MINORITY. Most people do not give a single shit about ads and go about their lives
I keep offering my partner a way out via either a pi hole or (my current setup) adguard. They literally don’t want it. Why? It doesn’t bother them and sometimes you have to watch the ads for perks in games. Even tried to show them that you can have per App rules etc.
But no. It’s not a big deal. Using any of their devices gives me an aneurysm, I keep forgetting how bad mobile ads and browser ads are. Smh
I used to have pi-hole setup and a housemate complained that he could no longer click on Google ads 🙄
Wtf? I weep for humanity.
Just use a custom list for them. Or just isolate them on a different vlan.
I’ve actually had useful stuff advertised to me on Facebook, not all ads are bad.
That’s why I don’t play mobile games at all :D
What do you use that allows you to set per app rules?
I use adguard. Bought the app years ago and I couldn’t be happier. It’s especially great because some secure apps break with their traffic routed through it and it’s super easy to configure.
TrackerControl gives app-level control. It’s FOSS & available on F-droid.
Yes, tech enthusiasts are a minority and most people are tech illiterate.
As someone who works in the tech industry. I can tell you people here are not tech illiterate, but most just dgaf about privacy when they can trade it in for convenience. That’s why most of them are okay with designing apps that have zero respect to user privacy and they see nothing wrong with it.
Do people still use meta’s crap? Yep. They won’t stop. They don’t care.
Probably not, one of the many family members are old and doesn’t care about ads or privacy. Some people will never leave no matter how bad the app is. Thank goodness I’m not one of them
No. Some will, most won’t.
No. Not even I can delete Whatsapp. If you have the phone number of anyone on planet earth, then you can be certain that they can be reached on Whatsapp. In some countries people will not check their SMS app, but will check Whatsapp.
Telling people to contact you using other platforms doesn’t matter, they’ll just text you less often, and will most likely not see your messages, because people tend to clear their notification panel very often, and check the messages they got by opening Whatsapp at some point of the day.
Telegram has been successful in some Asian countries, especially Arabic ones, but still, not comparable to Whatsapp. Even though I prefer signal, I convinced a lot of people to switch to Telegram, just because fuck Facebook (Meta).
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WhatsApp is where their friends are, and most people don’t realize the benefits of federated communication protocols like XMPP, so they won’t change.
Nobody deleted Telegram when they added ads to channels. Nobody will delete WhatsApp unless the ads are particularly bad.
As long as Facebook doesn’t add full screen video ads, I doubt anyone will care. In fact, I’ll trust WhatsApp more if they can come up with a business plan that doesn’t involve giving away free service to billions of people.
People don’t like paying for apps they use (how many privacy nerds here have actually bought Threema?) but I’m sure there will be some kind of “pay a dollar a month to disable ads” system for people who are sick of ads everywhere.
Most people won’t even notice
Deleting and not using are completely different.
Also most non-American, non-Chinese people are complelty dependent on WhatsApp for messaging so, to answer your question, no. They will neither delete nor stop using.
Of course not. They install Facebook that has one ad every two posts, ads in WhatsApp is nothing
I think they will if Whatsapp starts pushing full-screen, malicious/video ads which are unskippable. It takes a lot to get people to change, but once you reach a tipping point, people will dump you ASAP. However, Meta is somewhat smart, so I wouldn’t bet against people leaving so fast
I hope this will be good:
https://wedistribute.org/2023/08/sup-by-pixelfed-is-coming/
Then I can also get rid of Signal and Skype.
Network effect will likely be stronger to the masses than the minority who will be annoyed by the ads enough to leave the platform.
Not exactly up to date on the subject, will there be an option to pay to avoid ads?
I can’t delete something I never installed.
My friends and colleagues won’t stop using WhatsApp, even with full screen ads.
