Comment by teekert

2 years ago

Whatsapp got pretty big at 1 eur/year (iOS) and 1 eur for lifetime (Android) here in the netherlands.

I do fear they'll loose most tech un-savvy users because they don't know how to pay (safely).

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wkat4242  2 years ago

That doesn't mean they were actually profitable at those rates though. They could have been in growth hacking mode with venture backing.

  • danielheath  2 years ago

    They were well-known for not doing that, though.

    • wkat4242  2 years ago

      Hmm but then how did they manage before asking for that 1 euro? There were a whole lot of years where it was completely free (yes before the Facebook takeover). Here in Europe we've only needed to pay once or so until it got taken over.

      There must have been some kind of venture backing because there was no money coming in at all from users for a long time.

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