Lala81 Hypersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 lol i uncle. Can't tell the difference between LINE and LIME ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwee 5th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 The price paid for Instagram , which with just 30 million users was already considered overvalued by many observers at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmarigold 4th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 (edited) There are just too many messaging apps out there Watsapp, Facebook chat, iMessage, weChat, BBM messager, KakaoTalk.. I'm using most of them... Wonder what's Facebook's next steps after the acquisition.. so far for Instagram, I only see that Instagram images appears more often on FB Edited February 20, 2014 by missmarigold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 durian also green Everything green also can. Just don't wear green cap. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 cheesepie they better not link whatsapp to fb account hor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins1dious Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Whatsapp has gone to a paid model for over 2 years now. I think its always been paid under Android. And with iOS, they started about a year or so ago. Those of us who use iOS and who downloaded before the paid-model switch enjoy it as perpetually free and ad-free. For all the others, its free for 1st year and .99c per year after that. They have about 450m users monthly. I remember reading that they're adding about a 1m users daily. I think the company is profitable even without ads. I hope it stays that way. Still... 19 fcking billion dollars doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe thats why I'm still poor :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 If Whatsapp goes solely for paid model, many users will simply move onto another platform. I have Viber installed too and it can be linked to the same app on my computer, as well as offering free call. Sort of like Skype and Whatsapp combined into one. BTW, though Whatsapp users are supposed to pay after the first year, I have never paid (on Android) for a few years and the free service continues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezorn86 3rd Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Hmm it is ok for me that facebooka willing to help Whatsapp to come with a desktop version but not too over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark 5th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Whatsapp has gone to a paid model for over 2 years now. I think its always been paid under Android. And with iOS, they started about a year or so ago. Those of us who use iOS and who downloaded before the paid-model switch enjoy it as perpetually free and ad-free. For all the others, its free for 1st year and .99c per year after that. They have about 450m users monthly. I remember reading that they're adding about a 1m users daily. I think the company is profitable even without ads. I hope it stays that way. Still... 19 fcking billion dollars doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe thats why I'm still poor :( The thing is I have never paid for it on my android phone. It will auto-renew before it expire every year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 If and when whatsapp starts following FB to display ads, people will start looking for alternative. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins1dious Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 The thing is I have never paid for it on my android phone. It will auto-renew before it expire every year. haha... really? Then it sucks to be fB for paying that much for an app that doesn't even bill properly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roh96 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Is this called a bubble? Paying something which is perceived as valuable than it really is. What can watsapp earn for FB? Everything is FOC, free downloads, no ad, no games. When they attempted to charge users for a fee, it was faced with huge resistant that they scrapped it and remain FOC till now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblong 3rd Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 ... What can watsapp earn for FB? Everything is FOC, free downloads, no ad, no games. When they attempted to charge users for a fee, it was faced with huge resistant that they scrapped it and remain FOC till now. It has been observed: If it is free, you are the product. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Is this called a bubble? Paying something which is perceived as valuable than it really is. What can watsapp earn for FB? Everything is FOC, free downloads, no ad, no games. When they attempted to charge users for a fee, it was faced with huge resistant that they scrapped it and remain FOC till now. FB wants to remain popular. What they want is to attract ads companies to use them as a platform and earn advertising money. Whether this investment is deem overpriced or not only time will tell. Just look out for their next annual profit report. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktglfc Hypersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Maybe FB chat will become Whatsapp chat ?! Surely, they can't have two tigers in one mountain - 一山不能藏二虎 ?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnifique 2nd Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 i hope they don't come up with 'login via fb account only' rule. then those w/o fb will be forced to sign up. double win for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoverofCar 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 My account is lifetime...so with this buy out...need to pay to use or not...if yes...I will delete it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Author Share February 20, 2014 The price paid for Instagram , which with just 30 million users was already considered overvalued by many observers at that time. Instagram and Twitter have no real value besides giving users an option to post pictures and air their mood of the day. Take them away and life goes on with little to no impact. The huge price they command is just a manifestation of market sentiments and the tech sector popularity. ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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