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Would agree with your sentiment, but Whatsapp itself is an example of a messaging service that relied on their 1$/year model and had around 200 million active u
by alagappanr 8y ago
Would agree with your sentiment, but Whatsapp itself is an example of a messaging service that relied on their 1$/year model and had around 200 million active users before it went free.
- 1024core 8y agoThey started charging after they had achieved scale.
- soziawa 8y agoNo, it cost 1$ from the very beginning on iOS.
- Jonovono 8y agoI wouldn't say they "relied" on it. It was not enforced at all (lots of people used it without paying $1) and they sold out to Facebook. It would have been interesting to see how things played out if they had stayed independent.