> Whatsapp was ridiculously cheap - something like $1/year - but they still decided that worked against their network effects. My boss of a multimillion dollar

> Whatsapp was ridiculously cheap - something like $1/year - but they still decided that worked against their network effects. My boss of a multimillion dollar company took offense at being charged $1/year to use Whatsapp back when it came out and started getting popular, so it did have an effect My eyes practically rolled out of my head when I heard him complain but that really stuck with me