WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers

Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by shawabawa3 on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:58AM (#28985430)

With 50 employees their "please pay $1/year" model might have actually made enough revenue

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by oblio on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:48AM (#28985763)

Nobody I know paid it even back then. That's why they used it, because it was free.

It's like Microsoft Office these days. If your home license expires they keep threatening you they'll disable it. For years and years.

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by jmrm on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:23AM (#28986193)

I paid totally happy with the service they gave me, and I would pay monthly if that would mean having total privacy.

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