Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money

Re:Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money by blub on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:29PM (#17667171)

I can't think of anything that's for purchase on this planet that is actually cheaper than one freaking dollar per year.

If someone can't pay that they're a waste of bandwidth for facebook's ads, since they can't afford to purchase anything at all.

If what you say is true Facebook can pull the plug on India completely and save money. I doubt that what you say is true.

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Re:Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money by iamgopal on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @09:21PM (#17668561)

Problem is how to collect that dollar. Appstore model will not work. I think they will need to partner with telecoms provider for this.

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Re:Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money by notatoad on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:30AM (#17669244)

Why won't an app store payment work? The app stores have subscription support and carrier billing.

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Re:Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money by jakebasile on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:26AM (#17669598)

And they take a cut of an already very small transaction.

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