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This is interesting. It sounds like Facebook is potentially looking under the couches, so-to-speak, for spare change by doing this. I also wonder if other comms
by Yhippa 4y ago
This is interesting. It sounds like Facebook is potentially looking under the couches, so-to-speak, for spare change by doing this. I also wonder if other comms apps are going to be doing this too?
- joshstrange 4y agoZoom has the audacity to show me (a paying Zoom subscriber) ads in the UI and at the end of calls. It's infuriating, even more so since it's ads for nothing I'd ever consider using. In UI: https://cs.joshstrange.com/zTpdlC https://cs.joshstrange.com/zTpdlC End of call, always on top, popup: https://cs.joshstrange.com/BizVwE https://cs.joshstrange.com/BizVwE EDIT: I get that it's less offensive since it's a "first-party ad"/"upsell" and I could forgive the banner in the app (even though dismissing it only makes it go away for like 24 hours, if that) but the popups post-meeting drive me bonkers. To the point I've considered seeing if I can write some code to watch for that window and kill it right away.
- yakattak 4y agoThis is annoying but advertisements tailored to the product you’re using aren’t nearly as offensive to just a random ad for some cheap wish.com product, interrupting your video call.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoFree customer? I get it. Paying customer? That's big no no
- ceejayoz 4y agoProbably 80% of the SaaS apps I've run into have "want this feature? upgrade your plan!" upsells scattered around. It's clearly not a big no no.
- ceejayoz 4y agoFirst-party upsells aren't at all uncommon in paid products. That's very different than what Facebook is doing.
- dragonsky67 4y agoI don't see those things any more even when they do pop up. It's amazing how quickly you get trained to simply ignore advertising.