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One big problem WhatsApp suffers from is having a majority of userbase in developing countries. India, where credit card penetration is still very low and peopl
by shubhamjain 12y ago
One big problem WhatsApp suffers from is having a majority of userbase in developing countries. India, where credit card penetration is still very low and people still are not accustomed to the concept of "buying" software, WhatsApp, simply keeps extending the free subscription period because most of people would find it very hard to pay, even something as little as $0.99.
On the contrary, people here are ready to see obtrusive ads and avoid paying anything, because "free" is better.
- thomaskcr 12y agoI really don't get the hatred for ads -- it's really weird to me. I haven't been bothered by an ad in probably the past 3 years, I can't remember the last autoplaying ad I saw. I like ads, they make the internet frictionless. I don't need to worry about what I've paid for -- everything just works in return for giving up a little bit of my screen. I discovered Atlassian through ads and I really like their products, I assume those were targeted -- so if anything I've benefited from tracking. Maybe I'm a sheep, but I like easy - and I like that the people providing me with articles, how-tos, etc get paid for doing that. I have yet to see a viable alternative to ads for a low friction internet -- people using adblock are, in my opinion, bringing us closer to the tiered internet than cable mergers ever will.