WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers

Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by dncornholio on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:08AM (#28985496)

I've used Whatsapp for a few years when they had this pricing model. Use 1 year for free and pay after. I've never paid anything and nobody who I know needed to pay to keep using WhatsApp.

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by ducklingslicks on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:22AM (#28985587)

I think it was free on Android but not on iOS. But not completely sure because I only had Android back then

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by robjan on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:40AM (#28986288)

It was a one off payment on iOS but a poorly enforced annual subscription on Android

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