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dncornholio on Oct 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers

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.

ducklingslicks on Oct 25, 2021 [–]

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

robjan on Oct 25, 2021 | [–]

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

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