WhatsApp update will bring ADS to the popular messaging platform in the New Year

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6542605/Controversial-WhatsApp-update-bring-ADVERTS-popular-messaging-platform-New-Year.html

by NoB4Mouth • 8 years ago

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protocontrol• 8 years ago

Ok, time to move to Telegram then.

the_pwner224• 8 years ago

Why not Signal (https://signal.org)?

It is e2e encrypted, iirc has the backing of one of the WhatsAoo founders, is free software, and the nonprofit foundation running the servers has $50 million in the bank.

miaklesp• 8 years ago

If you are a journalist reporting from a repressive county and living in danger - better use Signal/Tor/PGP. But if you an average human who just wants to share family photos or discuss work stuff and keep the data in privacy, out of Google/Facebook, advertisement agencies and court orders - then Telegram is much more pleasant messenger to use.

Signal is a messenger for sequrity enthusiasts, Telegram is a privacy-respecting messenger for average user. Quality of Signal apps is not that good in comparison, Telegram is just much, much better for everyday use. It has native (not Electron) open-source clients for all popular platforms, tons of features and stickers (valuable for average people) and conveniently synchronises between devices. It does not have goal of monetization, but respects privacy of users and does not cooperate with governments. Has anti-blocking mechanisms built-in.

Based on past actions of Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, there are no much reasons to not trust in integrity if his intentions so far.

wtmt3• 8 years ago

I have tried using Signal, but found it to be a “works whenever it feels like” app and platform. It’s very poor compared to Telegram on features and stability.

Recently I switched to a new phone and Signal wouldn’t send me the activation code over SMS or voice call. Tried for a few days and gave up on using it. Support couldn’t help either. So whatever the $50 million is doing, it hasn’t changed the usability of it much (which has been behind Telegram’s for a long time).

And what’s with not allowing chats to be backed up and restored in a new device (iOS)? That’s very limiting.

jsjsoaofnfn• 8 years ago

Which doesn't have end-to-end encryption by default - and no business model?

Actually, I don't get why people would ever recommend Telegram.

wtmt3• 8 years ago

Telegram “just works” for me most of the time (except when it has some outages, which are somewhat rare). It is also highly feature rich, fast, and works in multiple devices. It’s the best alternative to WhatsApp for things that people who don’t care much about privacy or security care about.

lordnacho• 8 years ago

Here's a comparison. Author says Signal stores the least amount of metadata.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-i-asked-my-friends-to-st...

malux85• 8 years ago

[Advertisement] Whatsapp [Get our app] Update [Advertisement] Will bring [Video Ad] ADS!

How dare they!

isoprophlex• 8 years ago

WhatsApp can go fuck itself the very moment I see one single ad in the app.

I wanted to pay. I wanted to shell out, what was it, 99 cents/year? I'll gladly pay for others that are less well off, maybe even anonymously through a "give a random person whatsapp". But that's not possible anymore.

Or alternatively, keep the ads not to estrange non-western countries and market segments that refuse to pay. But at least let me communicate with people without seeing ads.

nikivi• 8 years ago

Just use any other messenger that doesn’t require your mobile phone be near to a desktop client. Like Telegram.

continuations• 8 years ago

To be expected. Sooner or later Facebook has to make back the $19 billions it spent on WhatsApp.

asplake• 8 years ago

ADS being ADVERTS (as per the original headline), not (as I supposed) a TLA

ce4• 8 years ago

The OP shortened the headline from Adverts to ADS, should have been written lowercase instead. When you look at the original article's URL it becomes clear.

WhatsApp update will bring ADS to the popular messaging platform in the New Year

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