[blackkettle]

How does whatsapp make revenue? I've used it for years. I don't pay for it, I never see ads in it. They claim it is 'secure' and my conversation data isn't used for anything. Even if the last is untrue; and I wouldn't be particularly surprised if it was, is simply mining those conversations sufficient to generate the revenue to pay for server costs? How does it work?

Edit: Business APIs and payment fees is apparently the answer. I'm genuinely impressed I've been able to use it all these years for free without ever having a hint of this.

[emanuele232]

for what i recall, the actual messages on whatsapp are end-to-end encrypted, metadata and attachments are not. It is just another mass data gathering service