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WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This seems to follow a progression

No ads
Non-intrusive ads
Intrusive ads, but you can pay to make them go away
Intrusive ads, but you can pay to make them less intrusive
Intrusive ads and you have to pay just to see the content
Content becomes ads
Ads pretend to be content (see Dr. Pepper's "Fansville")
Award categories for ads are featured in major award ceremonies
Award ceremonies just for ads go mainstream

Actually not sure what's real vs hypothetical at this point.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We've been through this before. FFS, the US has a whole event whose entire point for like 99% of the audience is to see which ads will be shown during the half time break. Cable still has 24h advertisement channels.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is how you end up with that scene in Demolition Man where they’re singing commercials.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(see Dr. Pepper's "Fansville")

Nice try, Dr. Pepper. If that is even your real name!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh gosh. Did my critique of ads just become an ad?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m gonna be real, I prefer fansville style ads over traditional TV commercials.