Re: The halcycon days
"Though, if reports are to be believed, Facebook is preparing to rollout ads, and therefore tracking, in WhatsApp at some point in 2019. "
At which point the effect will be like xroach when you close a window.
There are _lots_ of messaging apps out there and every single dev thinks they can monetise their version with adverts - only to find that as soon as they try, users swiftly move on.
I suspect that Faceache has a much lower ad impression rate than they make out too - apart from the usual types of adblockers there are also things like FBP - which my entire family enabled once I'd clued them into its existence.