Unlike most popular messaging apps, WhatsApp, the messaging service that Facebook bought in 2014 , charges a $1 annual subscription fee after your first year of using the app.
Apparently, it hasn't worked out as well as the company hoped: On Monday, the company announced that it was dropping the annual fee and would become a completely free service for end users.
Although it's becoming an entirely free service, you won't see WhatsApp fill its app with banner ads any time soon: The company says that it's working on "tools that allow you to use WhatsApp to communicate with businesses and organizations that you want to hear from."
Apparently, it hasn't worked out as well as the company hoped: On Monday, the company announced that it was dropping the annual fee and would become a completely free service for end users.
Although it's becoming an entirely free service, you won't see WhatsApp fill its app with banner ads any time soon: The company says that it's working on "tools that allow you to use WhatsApp to communicate with businesses and organizations that you want to hear from."
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