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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by gunapologist99 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @11:24PM (#31269041)
I thought it was free to install and didn't charge $1 until the following year?

EDIT: looks like it was $1 on IOS and free everywhere else: https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/facebook-whatsapp-talks/

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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by DocTomoe on Thursday May 05, 2022 @03:25AM (#31270573)
Knowing Apple, I expect that one dollar installation fee being pushed into their coffers, either directly (because the App Store is pay to play) or indirectly (because they force you to use Apple hardware to develop and push stuff onto the App Store)
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