Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoMy spyware got enshittified, now comes with a subscriptionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down13
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minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoWhatsApp used to cost money until then Facebook bought it.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoBut a symbolic amount Like $1/lifetime
minus-squareCris16228@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoDude I’m from Europe so I know what I’m talking about. I used to renew whatsapp for people and was NOT 1/lifetime This was price long time ago
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI was using it for years with family. we did not pay anything for it
minus-squareCris16228@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThen was different in different regions?? For us, it was like this for years
minus-squareSirLeToet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoIt was paid first in the netherlands. It wasnt free for me until I got my Lumia. Paying eventually became optional a few years before the takeover.
WhatsApp used to cost money until then Facebook bought it.
But a symbolic amount Like $1/lifetime
Was more like 3-4 bucks/year
Not in Europe.
Dude I’m from Europe so I know what I’m talking about. I used to renew whatsapp for people and was NOT 1/lifetime
This was price long time ago
I was using it for years with family. we did not pay anything for it
Then was different in different regions?? For us, it was like this for years
It was paid first in the netherlands.
It wasnt free for me until I got my Lumia. Paying eventually became optional a few years before the takeover.