Many of you probably use some kind of messaging app. Some use the Facebook messenger, Apple's Messages, Snapchat or WhatsApp. Most are free and require little to no viewing of adverts or using a specific social media. Well that may change with Facebook buying WhatsApp, the free for one year and $0.99 per year the next years:
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Hopefully this will not ruin the fantastic and virtually free messaging platform.
According to an early report from Bloomberg News reporter Sarah Frier, Facebook is set to buy WhatsApp for $16 billion. An SEC filing confirms the acquisition for $4 billion in cash to WhatsApp's security holders, along with $12 billion in Facebook stock and an additional $3 billion in Facebook stock that will vest over four years
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Hopefully this will not ruin the fantastic and virtually free messaging platform.