WhatsApp AI bloat

I am forced to use WhatsApp as it's what everyone around me uses, and it sucks to watch its gradual enshittifaction. WhatsApp used to be great when it was independent and even for many years after Facebook bought it, but lately they are killing the app with feature bloat like channels and communities.

This morning I was greeted with a neon halo icon which instantly started a "conversation" with "metal lama" when tapped (wtf?). The web version at least had …

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