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I think we’ve all been wondering when they’d start making money off of WhatsApp. If I remember correctly it used to be a subscription app that would more or le
by wodenokoto 3y ago
I think we’ve all been wondering when they’d start making money off of WhatsApp.
If I remember correctly it used to be a subscription app that would more or less extend your subscription indefinitely.
WhatsApp is close to critical infrastructure in many countries.
I think a better business model would be to somehow figure out a revenue share model with telcos. People accept paying for their phone number and for many people the main purpose of a phone number is to register for WhatsApp.
There has got to be some synergy there.
- qp11 3y agoPretty much. And same thing will happen with Video creation/streaming. Creating video and broadcasting it to the planet is unsustainable if everyone is doing it.
- wkat4242 3y agoBut not everyone does. A lot of the content out there is purely fluff just created to catch some monetization. Basically the video version of clickbait. But this crap is not really being watched. It just takes up space on a hard drive somewhere.
- rvz 3y agoWell either way, it seems Meta is about to at least find another billion from WhatsApp once they begin to monetize it with Ads or an ad sharing model with channels or if those channels start with a membership / subscription for joining a channel and Meta takes a cut from it. Won't be surprised to see this actually work well for Meta.