Facebook Messenger gets autoplay video ads and there's nothing you can do about it

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Each year Facebook is becoming more aggressive when it comes to monetization of its services, so today's announcement that Messenger will display autoplay video ads inside people's chat windows doesn't really come as a surprise.

In a statement for Recode, Stefan Lukakos, Facebook's ad business guru believes that people will get used to these video ads playing in their conversation windows next to their private messages. However, he claims Facebook's priority is user experience, so things might change if they notice people aren't happy about the change.

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Editors' highlights 2017: The year in tech

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Samsung Galaxy S9 (dual SIM) going for $660 in US

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