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The way WhatsApp used to make money was through a subscription model. It cost $1 to download and then $1 a year going forward. Facebook eventually removed the $
by k1rd 4y ago
The way WhatsApp used to make money was through a subscription model. It cost $1 to download and then $1 a year going forward. Facebook eventually removed the $1 fee and made WhatsApp a free service,
I paid that Dollar!
- aroraneeraj 4y agoright. Many around the world paid that 1$.
- Calvin02 4y ago
- skinnymuch 4y agoWhatsApp had 600M users. A dozen million people paying the $1 per year is many people. In the multiple threads about WhatsApp and the $1 charge, most people never paid anything. Looking at the revenue and everything, doesn’t seem like enough were paying.
- umeshunni 4y agoYeah, I think former head of business at Whatsapp, who you're replying to, knows that.
- gunapologist99 4y agoI thought it was free to install and didn't charge $1 until the following year? EDIT: looks like it was $1 on IOS and free everywhere else: https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/facebook-whatsapp-talks/ https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/facebook-whatsapp-talks/
- DocTomoe 4y agoKnowing Apple, I expect that one dollar installation fee being pushed into their coffers, either directly (because the App Store is pay to play) or indirectly (because they force you to use Apple hardware to develop and push stuff onto the App Store)