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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by chipperyman573 on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:45PM (#22140593)
Whatsapp used to cost $1/year which covered operating costs (first year free).
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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by Jommi on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:54PM (#22140688)
Not true, WhatsApp did have a pricing test where certain users were pushed to pay 1€/$ per year. It was never unilaterally enforced.
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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by lotsofpulp on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:58PM (#22140744)
Is that what that was? I remember getting the app and wondering why no one I knew ever had to pay for it.
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