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Where are ads displayed in your Google Messages? I have never seen any ads and I struggle to even imagine where they would place an ad within its interface.
by sp0rk 1y ago
Where are ads displayed in your Google Messages? I have never seen any ads and I struggle to even imagine where they would place an ad within its interface.
- __rito__ 1y agoMessages. The ads come as messages. Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGZwlZqrpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGZwlZqrpU They sometimes look like this, too [JPG]: https://static1.anpoimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/16/Google-Messages-SMS-ad-spam-India-hero-1-scaled.jpg https://static1.anpoimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/...
- molszanski 1y agothis is some dystopian bs. I've never realized goodle/android is in a such weird place
- whatevertrevor 1y agoI'd need to see proof that android has anything to do with it. It's just a vendor sending you a RCS version of marketing messages. If they have your phone number they send you the message, google or not.
- barbs 1y agoWow that's messed up. Arguably even worse than WhatsApp's recent move to show ads.
- whatevertrevor 1y agoHow is this distinguishable from spam? It's a random vendor sending you an RCS message. It's not the app serving ads, it's doing its job displaying the message. Deleting the Messages app for this is the same as deleting your email client in a bid to reduce spam.
- barbs 1y agoOn closer inspection, I see what you mean. It's a spam message, not the app showing ads. Apologies for propagating the FUD