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Title: WhatsApp is now free for all users forever, dropping subscription fees entirely in favor of other revenue models Post by: HCK on January 18, 2016, 03:00:27 pm WhatsApp is now free for all users forever, dropping subscription fees entirely in favor of other revenue models
Today, WhatsApp has announced a pretty major shift in its business model. The popular chat client is going completely free. Facebook-owned WhatsApp used to run on a trial model: users could use the app for free for a year. Subsequent years would cost $0.99 cents each. The paid model notably made WhatsApp stand out from the crowd, as almost every other social networking is […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=414991&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> Source: WhatsApp is now free for all users forever, dropping subscription fees entirely in favor of other revenue models (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/DinBzC2ThNc/) |