A while ago there was a lot of talk about whether WhatsApp it would become paid on Android (in other operating systems it already is). At first it seemed that the waters were returning to their course ... but some users have already received the notice that their account is expired and, therefore, they have to buy a license to continue using it.
And we are not talking about a rumor or leak from a website, no. We have spoken with some users to whom this has happened and, in addition, we have captures that testify that their accounts are canceled pending that it takes place the corresponding purchase on Google Play… And this, according to the company itself, is because this application does not include advertising and, therefore, has to be financed in some way. These are the corresponding captures:
The affected users, which are not all for now (we will have to see what happens when the accounts expire), have tried since reinstall the app until proceeding to direct installations of the APK downloaded from the web…. And nothing, there is no way to "skip" the obligation to buy the license. Therefore, you already know what to do in the case of not being able to go without WhatsApp.
Is it time for other options?
Well, there will be many users who will think that 0,89 € The cost of the license is not much, and they are right, but many have a habit in Android of not having to pay anything to use some applications and, therefore, they take the existence of advertising for granted. The fact is that it is quite possible that other developments such as Line or Joyn, which are free, benefit from what happens and experience growth in their use. I would bet on it.
The fact is that what was "feared" regarding WhatsApp is confirmed and, therefore, users will find themselves sooner or later in the pay dilemma or switch to using other similar applications. When your turn comes ... what will you do?
The best, put the account in an iPhone, they give you a year.
Checked 😉
It doesn't seem excessive to me to pay that little thing for a year of communication without advertising or nonsense ... but can you pay through your operator and have it charged on your bill? Nor would it occur to me to give account numbers to a company that already knows your number, your contacts, your accounts, your photos….
It wouldn't matter to me either, but the fact is that I think it can only be done with a card (I don't know if with PayPal), for those who do not have a credit card and have a colleague with an iPhone is great.
The price per year is not excessive at all, the problem is when paying.
I think the only company with which you can pay for Markel things is Vodafone, but I have tried several times and nothing.
All the best
I am yoigo, and bought several things in playstore and application packages, and with paypal…. and I have not had any problem, I do not know why it will give problems to you partner
Well, it constantly gives me an error, and now I look at my account and they have charged me 4 times, thank goodness it was an account that had 5 euros because I hardly use it, but I still do not have wasap and the license is still expired. Also from wallet they have sent me an email in English that I have to send I do not know of authentication or they close my account. Come on, I refuse to send my data to the United States or anything. So I'd rather lose four euros than send anything. I'm going to make a paypal account and I do it there. Has someone else made a mistake?
is possible
pay
I had to pay, but it cost me 0,78. I have tried everything but it has not been possible ...
My partner already had to pay last year.
I am afraid to give my visa number. you can pay by paypal?
You can use PayPay, I had to pay two days ago ... I used Google Checkout
there is another option ... which is valid, good, safe and Spanish: Spotbros
Yes, it is true, I have known two recent cases of kids from my youth soccer team. And this will be the beginning of the end for WhatsApp, because since they have not been able to pay, most have gone to the LINE to keep in touch. And I repeat again, it is not because of what it costs, which is ridiculous, but young people could not pay because they did not have a card.
hahaha go shut up, the beginning of the end of whatsap ?? Are we stupid or what, they have been saying that for a year now and there are more and more people still on WhatsApp.
And if your friends had a little idea and knew that the line application reduces the life of the phone battery up to 4,5 hours, they would not give it to them
That in the end you spend more electricity charging the cell phone more often, than 0.86 EUR per year
What you spend on electricity is the least of it, but I prefer an application that allows me to reach the end of the day with battery (whatsap due to its low consumption), to an application that uses up the battery in the middle of the afternoon when I am away from home (line Due to its high consumption, both in battery and data, it spends more than WhatsApp)
We are not stupid, it is a reality. Another thing is that you are not able to realize it. And regarding the battery consumption it depends on the mobile you have, on color tastes and each one has a situation. With a range mobile medium-high consumption is not so noticeable. I do not know what your case is, but before prejudging others, buy a good mobile.
For me, a week before it expired, they extended the gratuity for one more year, so I need a lot to get to that, in everything when it passes I will buy it because its price is a joke!
Yesterday I had to pay…. It expired and I neither received nor could send whatsapp… But they only charged me € 0 including VAT….
Is there any way to pay other than by credit card
If you over-install the application from the official website, they allow you to pay with Paypal.
Greetings.
How did you pay?
Some friends had the option to pay through the invoice, that is, the 80 cents were added to the invoice for the month and that's it ... but I only get a card option, what do I do?
I pay delighted, joyn tried it and it seems like shit to me and line I tried it and it made me the battery last up to 4 hours less.
I prefer to pay 80,90,1euro…. up to two euros a year I am willing to pay for a program that I consider the best, after having tried up to 20 applications copies of whatsap, none are up to the level of whatsap, and without the crap of advertising, one of the reasons why I prefer to pay (I do not have the annoying advertising that slows down the application and I have no additional data expense for advertising)
For example, he asks me to pay, but of course I'm not going to pay, I don't need to
Well, it expired on February 28 and I didn't pay. On March 1, I entered the application and it told me again that it had expired and that I wanted to pay. I did not pay and a message immediately jumped me saying that they were extending me until March 31
I'll pay, of course. People in Spain are insecure about putting their credit card in Google Wallet, but come on, it is much more difficult for them to steal your card in Wallet than to take it out in any store and have your PIN seen.
"Some time ago there was a lot of talk about whether WhatsApp would become paid" #facepalm
Whatsapp ALWAYS, I repeat ALWAYS, it has been paid, another thing is that one reads the use policy or not. I should document you first.
It is preferable to pay 89 cents a year per watsapp without advertising than another free program with what is consumed in data
For those who are afraid to put their credit card / due through the mobile (like me) I recommend one thing.
You enter this page which is the google wallet (google payment gateway, paypal competition) http://wallet.google.com/manage through a pc
You put your card but how is the pc I trust (secure connection, etc)
Once finished you go to the application, you give it to pay and you no longer have to put the card because it remains associated with your google account.
You pay and that's it, without putting a card through the mobile that I don't trust.
Directly use another, in fact I am already looking for a subtitute and there are many and better options
I switch to Google Talk, the new one is opened in mid-March, so WhatsApp, what Talk gives me, you can't give me ...
I would pay if it were not by card, because Google Play no longer accepts it, I don't know why, but how lucky that mine was revalidated 2 weeks ago so I have the year
Hi everyone. My account expired on 7/3/2013, for the second consecutive year they renewed it for a year without ever having paid, for now hopefully. Greetings.
It has expired for me today. I have downloaded line
Actually it is 1,89 because even if VAT is included, the expenses of the VISA are charged with one euro more. I know it is not enough but, taking into account that services such as LINE have been born ...
Well, the wassap people were going wrong, although the truth is I don't know what it is good for so much I cry for less than a euro and you forget for a year, regarding what they say here about other alternatives, there are none, line is terrible, you It drains the battery, I have tried it and finished by uninstalling it, spotbros, because I have it on, but since I don't talk to myself I don't know, nobody has it !!!! and there are many more yes yes, but do you know ??? I prefer wassap, I prefer to pay but I know that most people have it and it is the application in the forefront today.
So much rebuelo for 0,89 euros !!! if people pay to put on a launcher or a more beautiful theme than at the end and they slow down the mobile more, we do not know what we want gentlemen, that if all free !!!! You complain that for less than a euro better than wassap nothing.
I have expired today and it won't let me renew, pay, is there a contact phone number or what should I do?
hello!!! it expired to me yesterday afternoon ... I am still undecided whether to pay or not ... is PayPal reliable?
The issue is not whether you are going to pay it or not ... the issue is: will all your contacts pay for it?
Because if you pay, but the rest of your friends choose other alternatives to WhatsApp, who are you going to communicate with?
I am amused by those who say that how and with whom are we going to communicate?…. How lazy are you calling on the phone? Surely many of you have flat rates for calls that you don't even consume…. Well, if that contact has not wanted to pay and has not looked for another alternative that you also use…. Well, you call him that at the end of the day the WhatsApp contacts ARE THE SAME as the contacts on your phone… how much nonsense dioooos… ..
In my case, I am not going to pay anything to WhatsApp for a service that other companies can give me for free! see talk or Line. Regarding the battery consumption by Line, I have not noticed a decrease in the duration of the charge due to the use of the app and I use it quite a bit.
If you over-install the application from the official website, they allow you to pay with Paypal.
Greetings.
hello, how do i pay with paypal ??
It can be paid with your invoice for the month
It just expired to me and I wouldn't mind paying if I knew how much they are going to charge me. This I know now that I read your comments but it does not appear anywhere in the message I receive on my mobile. They ask for my credit card number without first confirming the cost. Shouldn't they give notice of how much they are going to charge before? I, of course, do not give my card details to anyone!
If an option is the same as iPhone to pay for everything always on Android, perfect. I do not agree to pay for annual subscription !!!
In addition, for iPhone users it comes out every 3 months 2 days that you can buy WhatsApp always free for everyone !!
I can't stand that WhatsApp is more expensive for Android than iPhone.
Pay, pay, no problem hahahahaha
I have already gotten off the line, and I have almost all my contacts on the line, because I bought the smartphone through whats up, so if they want someone to pay for the service, let the smartphone manufacturers do it. They benefit, there are many who have bought a smartphone just for the whats up. Also, if mail, facebook, instagram, skype and a thousand other things are free, because now we have to pay users for what up, let the smartphone manufacturers do it
PAYING for the wsp in pc must be declared illegal and scam, because it is already paid for the adsl to be able to communicate through any means, right? We are living surrounded by scavenging vultures and no expert is dedicated to telling truths about the subject, perhaps shut up right? or what happens here? all this mess of bullshit that if now I placed an android download to be able to have Wsap on the pc and etc etc, they should put a direct and well systematized download so as not to have to get involved with so many bullshit and fill the pc with accessories that in some In cases their files contain malware or viruses, and nobody can assure us that there is anything safe on the network, they explain to you on many sites that it is totally safe and then nothing works well, what we pay for adsl, in the end it behaves that you spend a bunch of hours looking for and reading publications that do not contain what you want, they are like wet paper and although a user understands he learns more when he dares to install unknown programs and uninstall them by restarting etc to clean his pc, but the The truth is that they do not offer anything officially reliable anywhere, just like paid antivirus, all a scam. At the beginning I had 2 different ones for payment and with both I got viruses, with the free ones nothing has happened to me in a long time and there are more reliable ones.
Thanks a greeting Pepito (totichopas@hotmail.com)
In Venezuela, even if it is 0,89 USD, you cannot pay because you have to have CADIVI