However, this does not mean that the advertisements in WhatsApp status are out of the conversation. For now, however, it now seems to be focusing on alternative sources of income, such as WhatsApp Business for business people. Until further notice, the advertising banners will probably be placed behind – much to the delight of the founder of the app. Jan Koum always had against advertisements in WhatsApp,-
In a blog post from 2012, he explains that advertising is not just a “disruption to aesthetics, an insult to your intelligence and an interruption of your train of thought” and is no longer a reliable, practical messenger the product but the user himself. Instead of time and investing resources in the optimization of advertising, employees should invest their energy in the optimization of WhatsApp and bug fixes.
With the takeover of WhatsApp by Facebook in 2014, however, the conditions changed: Facebook not only has enough financial means to mobilize people to fix errors and improve the service. The principles for the large corporation are different than for the developers and inventors of the app, whose heart is attached to the messenger. For Facebook and its managers, financial aspects have priority and for this reason advertising in WhatsApp will probably come sooner or later. What other changes WhatsApp has planned for 2020, you can read here,-
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