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Worth reading of course is the post (pre FB acquisition) on why they don't sell ads: https://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads https://blog.whatsapp.co

• cvwright 11y ago
  And for those who didn't read the link, the punchline at the end of that post is: "When people ask us why we charge for WhatsApp, we say 'Have you considered the alternative?'" The (implied) alternative here is advertising; the author just spent the previous 8 paragraphs discussing all the unpleasantness and creepiness that that entails.