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minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHow dare they advertise without giving WhatsApp (aka Facebook) a cut of the profits!
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoUnsolicited messages and scam texts are the lowest of the low. I wouldn’t even put this in the same ballpark as advertising.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s just a different flavour of the same shit. These days I have to create a spam filter for my phone notifications, let alone emails.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhat does what you wrote have to do with the article posted here?
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhatsApp is owned by Facebook and you can pay them for corporate accounts and advertising.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhat does that have to do with the article posted here?
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMaybe you’re missing the connection here. Facebook is implementing features to prevent some types of advertising, as per the article. Facebook allows the purchase of the exact same advertising, so long as you pay their fee.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoHrm… I’m tempted to just cite the exact same line for a third time. That connection you mention would be sensible, yeah. If that were what is happening. Which as per the article, it is not. There’s even screenshots of the setup pages.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWell I tried to show you what’s happening, I’m sorry you’re not seeing it, but I’m done. Have a nice day.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago🤷 I mean sure, but you could have just said you never read the article. No need to get snippy about it.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI’m the one getting snippy? Hahaha okay. I read the article, I’m just commenting about the world around the article from a small step back, and I tried to help you see that. Have a nice day.
How dare they advertise without giving WhatsApp (aka Facebook) a cut of the profits!
Unsolicited messages and scam texts are the lowest of the low. I wouldn’t even put this in the same ballpark as advertising.
It’s just a different flavour of the same shit.
These days I have to create a spam filter for my phone notifications, let alone emails.
What does what you wrote have to do with the article posted here?
WhatsApp is owned by Facebook and you can pay them for corporate accounts and advertising.
What does that have to do with the article posted here?
Maybe you’re missing the connection here.
Facebook is implementing features to prevent some types of advertising, as per the article.
Facebook allows the purchase of the exact same advertising, so long as you pay their fee.
Hrm… I’m tempted to just cite the exact same line for a third time.
That connection you mention would be sensible, yeah. If that were what is happening. Which as per the article, it is not. There’s even screenshots of the setup pages.
Well I tried to show you what’s happening, I’m sorry you’re not seeing it, but I’m done. Have a nice day.
🤷
I mean sure, but you could have just said you never read the article. No need to get snippy about it.
I’m the one getting snippy? Hahaha okay.
I read the article, I’m just commenting about the world around the article from a small step back, and I tried to help you see that.
Have a nice day.