Whatsapp scrapes subscription fee

Jan 20, 2016 Business 85
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Malawians will now be able to connect with friend and families without any worries as the popular messaging app, Whatsapp, announced it is scrapping its subscription fee.

WhatsApp introduced the fee a few years ago, forcing new users to pay an annual $1 subscription after the first year.

“Many WhatsApp users don’t have a debit or credit card number and they worried they’d lose access to their friends and family after their first year. So over the next several weeks, we’ll remove fees from the different versions of our app and WhatsApp will no longer charge you for our service,” a blog post today from the company said.

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Whatsapp scrapes charges.

The Facebook-owned company also announced it will not come up with third party advertisements as a way to generate money.

However, the company says it plans to test tools that allow users to communicate with businesses and organizations they want to talk to.

“That could mean communicating with your bank about whether a recent transaction was fraudulent, or with an airline about a delayed flight. We all get these messages elsewhere today – through text messages and phone calls – so we want to test new tools to make this easier to do on WhatsApp, while still giving you an experience without third-party ads and spam,” said Whatsapp in the statement.

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85 Comments

  7. Nowardays everyone’s phone has whatsapp. With TNM Mtolo 33, we can text “mpaka nseru” even using “mose walero”. The only limitation that is there is being unable to text someone abroad.
    Tnm nd Dhilu Yanyatwa.

  18. Nkhani ndi yanjala yomwe abale athu akuvutika nayo osati za manyizi mukuti fwafwafu zawutsilu basi !!!!

  27. I hate whatsup social site because most of the users are abusing it! you spend much time on this social media while on duty, families are in comflicts because a husbandvir a wife is busy with someones wife or husband, some felt this could be right place for backbiting reason its free!

  28. I hate whatsup social site because most of the users are abusing it! you spend much time on this social media while on duty, families are in comflicts because a husbandvir a wife is busy with someones wife or husband, some felt this could be right place for backbiting reason its free!

  46. It’s true achotsadi even here in RSA achotsadi annual fees . It’s now unlimited and no expiration date too. ♡♡♡♡♡

  48. that’s true. ndinadabwaka zima message zomwe amanditumizira kenako nkuzangoona kuti payment ya time life. wasap ilibho!!

    1. Whatapp messaging was only valid for a year and after that subscribers were supposed to pay US$0.99 to continue enjoying the app. Ngati umapanga update whatsapp pafupipafupi komanso once you update imalemba zoti ugwiritsa ntchito for one year and amapereka expiry date ya subscription ya card yako, then amati uzizapereka dollar iyoyo after each and every year.

    2. So akut Malawians wud start using whatsup without worries, who waz woried with 0.99$ payable once a yr? akanat yasiya kudula airtime nde an2 r using whatsup zikanakhala zogwira.

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