Not protecting then at all and I'm not saying the ads are justfied, but has/is anyone run/running a huge service like that with end-to-end encryption (less data collection possible?) and knows whether the ads are justified or not?
none of the people whinging here about the greed, begging, moving to tg, etc, will do the only right thing, instead they WILL keep using whatssapp - and whinge :)
After initial tests with selected users in channels, status images, and status videos, even more users could soon encounter ads in WhatsApp. Now, a beta version has revealed that these ads might be avoidable for users who are willing to pay for a subscription.