WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status
While WhatsApp is not planning to show ads in the main inbox, it could still show ads in Status and channels.
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I paid for Whatsapp many years ago. I wonder if they can just do that retroactively.
Sure they can
I think I paid 79p for WhatsApp back on the iPhone 3G or something.
You paid??? What is this, a WinRAR equivalent flex? I just reinstalled or something like that can't remember.
The app market was different back then. No real alternatives, not meta owned, I think I paid 1€. Nowadays I wouldn't pay for any app other than a good Lemmy reader, I also use my phone for not much else anymore.
Yeah but like I had WhatsApp back then and I simply reinstalled or something like that.
Like it was like WinRAR more a suggestion than a strong requirement, there were ways to bypass it, start the 1 free year again or whatever it was called back then.
There wasn't a strong enforcement or validation.
WhatsApp original business plan was 'use the app fro free for a year and than pay $1 per year'. I wouldn't mind paying $1 per year for for an app without adds and respecting my privacy.
Sadly your data is worth more than $1 a year 😞