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How much were you paying for Whatsapp then, how much are you paying now?

I do not mind to pay, as long as they dont share my phone number and dont show me ads.

From what I read in the article they don't want to show ads in Whatsapp, they only want to use your meta data to target FB ads. If your whatsapp number is not on Facebook that shouldn't be an issue..

Who said WhatsApp customers suddenly became unwilling to pay?

As opposed to FB/WhatsApp looking for other (ad companies) customers?

If I pay for a service membership and then you make it free, that doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want with my data.

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