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WhatsApp used to cost 99 cents per year https://www.siliconvalley.com/2016/01/18/whatsapp-drops-99-cent-subscription-fee/ https://www.siliconvalley.com/2016/01/
by mtmail 5y ago
WhatsApp used to cost 99 cents per year https://www.siliconvalley.com/2016/01/18/whatsapp-drops-99-cent-subscription-fee/ https://www.siliconvalley.com/2016/01/18/whatsapp-drops-99-c... I can't remember ever paying.
- codingkev 5y agoEarly adopters got life long free access... until eventually even the 99 cents was dropped.
- egberts1 5y agoDropped because WhatsApp now can mine your metadata and make off like a robber at a convenience store.
- bilal4hmed 5y agoI've paid for it once, I can see the receipt in Google play
- aunty_helen 5y agoThis was early days when WhatsApp was still searching for a business model. That business model turned out to be acquire critical mass and then be acquired, but I recall people talking about how WhatsApp was hemorrhaging money in the process.