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This blog post from Whatsapp is almost 6 years old: https://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads https://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads (it wa
by stygiansonic 8y ago
This blog post from Whatsapp is almost 6 years old: https://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads https://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads (it was linked to from the WSJ article)
Almost prescient is the final line:
When people ask us why we charge for WhatsApp, we say "Have you considered the alternative?"
- icc97 8y agoAlso they use a quote from that blog post as the title comment: > we wanted to make something that wasn't just another ad clearinghouse
- gregpilling 8y agofrom the link "These days companies know literally everything about you, your friends, your interests, and they use it all to sell ads." I am not surprised there was a culture clash. I am more surprised that they sold to FB, and that it lasted so long with the difference in vision.