Yabba Dabba Doo! Ads Invade WhatsApp!

Great Gazoo! Ads on WhatsApp?

Yabba Dabba Doo! This is Fred Flinstone reporting live from Bedrock. Can you believe it? After all this time Meta – you know those modern fellas – are finally putting ads on WhatsApp! That's like putting Barney Rubble in charge of the Bronto Crane! I never thought I'd see the day. Seems like they finally figured out how to squeeze a little more clams out of that little contraption. I hope they don't start showing commercials for those blasted bird powered shavers! I can't stand those things!

19 Billion Clams Later...

So get this: Meta bought WhatsApp for 19 billion clams way back when. 11 years later they're finally trying to make some of that dough back. It's like buying a brontosaurus burger and waiting a decade to take a bite! They're putting these ads in the 'Updates' tab so hopefully they won't interrupt my chats with Barney about the latest Water Buffalo Lodge meeting. I swear if I see an ad for Wilma's new rock polishing gadget every time I open WhatsApp I'm gonna go ballistic!

Zuckerberg's Grand Plan: The Next Chapter?

That fella Mark Zuckerberg thinks WhatsApp is gonna be the 'next chapter' for his company. Sounds like a lot of hooey to me. He's probably got some whacky scheme to get us all using those fancy rock tablets. I tell ya back in my day we just used a chisel and a slab of granite! But who am I to judge? Maybe he'll invent a self driving foot powered car next!

Click to Message? Sounds Fishy!

Apparently they already let businesses run ads on Facebook and Instagram that send folks to WhatsApp. They call 'em 'click to message' ads. Sounds like one of Mr. Slate's harebrained schemes to boost quarry production. I bet those ads are just trying to sell us more of those blasted dinosaur vacuums!

Channels and Subscriptions: Cha Ching!

Now they're even monetizing WhatsApp 'Channels.' You can even subscribe to them just like those magazines Wilma likes to get. I bet she's already signed up for 'Rock Decorating Monthly.' They'll let Channel owners charge you subscription fees but Meta will take a 10% cut. Sounds like highway robbery! I hope it's not a scam otherwise Wilma might use my bowling ball!

Privacy? What Privacy?

They say your personal messages and calls will stay encrypted but they'll still use your location device and even who you follow to target you with ads. It's like they're spying on us with pterodactyl drones! I just hope they don't start showing ads for those blasted dinosaur diapers every time I talk about Pebbles! Yabba Dabba Doo... I think.