Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.
Would anyone seriously pay a subscription for a messaging app? As long as I can send and receive messages that’s all the functionality I need and the second they try to charge for that, everyone will jump ship anyway.
I guess Discord Nitro has existed for a while but I don’t know a single person who’s even considered it, never mind actually subscribe.
Well, I paid 1 euro for Whatsapp back in the day because it was the only option besides SMS and so that 1 euro was way cheaper.
These days I gladly pay a couple bucks for a chat app that everybody uses so that they can pay the bills without selling my data or being funded by a corrupt government.
Which is went to Matrix, but it is hard to get people on the server I host myself.
WhatsApp used to not be free, I’m talking about before meta bought them, and totally worth paying the subscription for as they were the one of the kind multi-platform messenger working with all the non-smart phones that have internet connectivity and ability to install 3rd party apps.
And back when they charged for service they do not collect all your data.
I remember WhatsApp telling me I only got a year free when I first started using it but they never asked for payment after that. Maybe that fell in line with Meta buying them.
I have a monthly dono to signal & i know a shitload of people who have nitro or at least nitro basic – that’s EXTREMELY common for all the profile customizations
Would anyone seriously pay a subscription for a messaging app? As long as I can send and receive messages that’s all the functionality I need and the second they try to charge for that, everyone will jump ship anyway.
I guess Discord Nitro has existed for a while but I don’t know a single person who’s even considered it, never mind actually subscribe.
Well, I paid 1 euro for Whatsapp back in the day because it was the only option besides SMS and so that 1 euro was way cheaper.
These days I gladly pay a couple bucks for a chat app that everybody uses so that they can pay the bills without selling my data or being funded by a corrupt government.
Which is went to Matrix, but it is hard to get people on the server I host myself.
WhatsApp used to not be free, I’m talking about before meta bought them, and totally worth paying the subscription for as they were the one of the kind multi-platform messenger working with all the non-smart phones that have internet connectivity and ability to install 3rd party apps.
And back when they charged for service they do not collect all your data.
I remember WhatsApp telling me I only got a year free when I first started using it but they never asked for payment after that. Maybe that fell in line with Meta buying them.
I have a monthly dono to signal & i know a shitload of people who have nitro or at least nitro basic – that’s EXTREMELY common for all the profile customizations