Well I have never considered this issue before. But even after reading it and exploring some studies I’ll keep my actions that align to the pro-sip club.

people didn’t pay. they offered the possibility to trial forever with full functionality. the 1$ subscription was just a small way for a small company to survive with a “donation” from a bunch of people.

but for me after being adquired by FB they should have stop it... but honestly i don’t care, never had to pay. So…

Actually if it was merged I would stop using whatsapp. Both apps have different “terms and conditions”. While FB app is stated that it can sell for third parties any non-private acquired information (so text messages are safe but not the cellphone number). While the T&C of Whatsapp states that none of its acquired…

the 1$ was optional. the trial version gave you exactly the same thing. There was a version that required you to reinstall every year to keep the trial. That 1$ was just to help them pay the bills. (Not that pre-FB acquisition in 2014 they had to sustain themselves)

And no app can slip into normal mobile bill unless…