How can they make money, /g/? >no ads >no subscription

>>55995266
you

Le big data

>>55995266
>subscription

Do you forgot about the part where you pay once a year?

>>55995300
Gone now

>>55995300
don't tell me you fell for that, they just extended it when you have less than 3 months, and a long ago they just give lifetime to everyone

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taking ur private convos and selling them to people

>>55995391
>>55995415
Really?

I never used it because the 1 dollar a year thing put me off.. I might actually try it now.

Does it want your phone number or something? Will I be able to message anonymously with gentoomen?

>>55995300
Found the basement dweller who hasn't used his phone for the past several years.

>>55995466
I use Viber instead, anon.

>using whatsapp in current year
>not knowing about telegram
ultra kek

>>55995498
> replace the botnet with another botnet

>not using Signal

>>55995512
>comparing telegram to whatsapp
>nobody uses that signal shit
>no point in using something nobody else uses

>>55995266
Don't ask questions, silly. Just enjoy :)

>>55995512
>replace the botnet with another botnet with yet another botnet

>not using Silence

>>55995498
https://unhandledexpression.com/2013/12/17/telegram-stand-back-we-know-maths/

>>55995266
>why facebook bought it
guess how many phone numbers facebook acquired in that transaction

>>55995456
They brought encrypted messages, which I don't care. It wants your phone number, and you need to verify it with a message they sent you

>>55995498
Let's assume that Telegram is the best piece of software ever.
Everyone I know uses whatsapp, hell, even the media here. It's nearly impossible to get everyone to switch.

>>55995266

The monetize all there user data senpai.

>>55995771
>monetize
Does a more jewish word exist?

>>55995266
>why facebook bought it

Preventing competition from rising. They will figure out later how to make money.

>>55995554
>using Silence
>not just kys instead

>>55995771
>>55995430
possible, but no evidence
>>55995791
/thread/

whatsapp is the perfect example of an app built on solid principles and grew larger than itself, bought by a VC and sold to big corp

whatsapp had the potential of locking down their user base and pushing open source development as an alternative to become larger than facebook. greedy vc fucks

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>>55995456
>I never used it because the 1 dollar a year thing put me off

>>55996153
You're not supposed to add a slash at the end of /thread

>>55996578
A quite Jewish position

>>55996538
Why the fuck would you do that if they offered you 20 billion fucking dollars?

They have special features for corporations they explained.

>>55996589
Thread/

>>55995300
Ive been using it since I had a first gen windows phone a d now android. Never paid a fucking cent you retarded fucknugget.

>>55996838

purity to principles and following through the foundational intention. I'll agree thata large user base and independence isn't realistic.

Waze famously undersold to Alphabet for just under $1G

some companies just won't go public I guess, from the goodbye letter of waze founder

"Why not stay completely independent? We asked ourselves: “Will Waze still be a fun project to participate in, and a fun place to work, as a stand-alone public company?” Choosing the path of an IPO often shifts attention to bankers, lawyers and the happiness of Wall Street, and we decided we’d rather spend our time with you, the Waze community. Google is committed to help us achieve our common goal and provide us with the independence and resources we need to succeed. We evaluated many options and believe Google is the best partner for Waze, our map editors, area managers, champs and nearly 50 million Wazers globally."

or maybe at some point some men in black from the illuminati don't give you an option in the one world

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>they sell all your data

(((you)))

>>55995687
I've never even heard of whatsapp

>>55995608
Whats the point?

>>55997290
personal user data has great value to kiketers

>>55996810
>>55996578
Not him but why would you give your credit card number to a shitty company like that?

>>55995266
facebook now has some info on the missing 10% of the population who aren't on facebook.

>>55995498
>>55995512
those are both kinda shit.


choose:
https://wire.com (no phone number required, solid crypto, centralized)
https://tox.chat (maximum freedom, decentralized)

>>55997503
Credit card number?
You can just buy prepaid Play Store credit.

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>>55996153
>possible, but no evidence
Not possible, not anymore atleast

>>55995456
>$1
Jew faggot

>>55995266
Idiot.
They collect your data for marketing companies and the NSA.

No catch right now, it really doesn't generate any revenue, the priority for FB was to cross the magic 1 billion number with active users. Now they have figure out the appropriate revenue streams, and its anybodys guess what will those be. Perhaps some enterprise features.

>>55997503

Its through the App Store/Play store you fucking idiot. Who's grandfather are you?

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>>55995266

>>55996975
Here in Black Land it's the norm.

>>55995554
>not using pidgeon post

>>55995266
I'm pretty sure I read either on HN or Ars that Whatsapp plans on introducing ads into your message feed at some point.

>>55995687
That's ultra sad but true. All of my friend don't want to switch.
Is Whatsapp really bad? At least it's encrypted now...

Data mining.

Arent they offering Whatsapp as some business solution? Basically they will fund it with some subscriptions and controls for businesses.

Im expecting it will get ads like facebook.