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WhatsApp newsletter of the LWD Tirol is discontinued

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by Lukas Ruetz • 12/08/2019
Colin Wiseman
Colin Wiseman
As of December 7, 2019, the newsletter of Lawinen.report has to be discontinued due to a change in the terms of use of the Facebook subsidiary. But there are alternatives to stay up to date!

Facebook plays by its own rules

Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp, argues that WhatsApp was never designed to send newsletters and is now discontinuing the popular option. It has even announced that it will take legal action if newsletters continue to be sent via WhatsApp. The push messages from a dedicated provider phone number were not only popular for keeping up to date with the avalanche situation in Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino. Really large institutions such as media companies, daily newspapers and many others also offered their customers WhatsApp newsletters.

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Now it's over. Interestingly, however, sending newsletters via Facebook Messenger does not bother the internet giant. It remains permitted there. Facebook has thus taken a further step to bind users to its portal as much as possible and increase usage time in this social medium, which is now flooded with advertising.

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Avalanche.report will continue to offer the function via various channels on smartphones. In future via Facebook Messenger, the WhatsApp-like messenger service Telegram, or Notify. It's best to download Telegram or Notify right away (or for FB Messenger).

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