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		buro9 on Nov 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does WhatsApp’s upcoming monetisation mean fo... > create a store, ability to access an API, bots A way to charge the spammers? I only recently discovered WhatsApp spam when a spammer joined by a group invite link. The link had never been published publicly, and yet a spammer joined some 18 months after the group was used (the group related to a moment in time). If this is the way WhatsApp is going I'd rather less API access for spammers.

realusername on Nov 12, 2018 [–]

This is more looking like what the Ads would become, unsolicited spam messages. When I mean bots, I would only like manual subscription.

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