Messenger WhatsApp has decided to abandon its long-standing system of monetization. Users of the service a year after the registration had to pay $ 1 to the developers for the right to continue to correspond with your contacts. Now the service is completely free for users, according to PhoneArena.

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Messenger WhatsApp has decided to abandon its long-standing system of monetization. Users of the service a year after the registration had to pay $ 1 to the developers for the right to continue to correspond with your contacts. Now the service is completely free for users, according to PhoneArena.

From the old model decided to give up because it wasn't as successful as was expected by the developers. Many users are not technically could pay 1 dollar: it was not a credit card. They are constantly worried that a year later have to change the messenger. Despite this, at the moment, WhatsApp has 800 million subscribers worldwide. And in 2014 the eyes of the asset put Facebook, which acquired the service for $ 18 billion.

the administration of the messenger declares that just will not enter the advertising model, so as not to irritate users. Instead, developers will focus on additional fee-based opportunities.

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