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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by mtgx on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:54PM (#15962167)
Didn't WhatsApp used to charge $1 per year to people in the early days?
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by Barrin92 on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:12PM (#15962369)
Not sure if that was global but I did pay a Euro for it yep
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by freeflight on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:23PM (#15962510)
Yes, it was global, it was how they financed their operation until Facebook bought them [0].

I wish they would still offer this as an option, tho I'd probably be skeptical of Facebook actually holding up their end of the deal and not tracking people who pay for WhatsApp.

[0] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/04091...

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by fatwa on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:23PM (#15963237)
That's for Android users. For iOS users it was $1 to buy the app, but they changed that some time before they were purchased by FB
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