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I know that but it's not that they had $400M in revenue. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25666270

FB never charged for whatsapp for a good reason.

In the UK I remember it being both a small required annual fee and very popular - but that's just as anecdotal as the comments in your link.

They did/do, just not in direct payment.