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FYI: WhatsApp charged initially to cover their server costs.

They still charge $0.99/yr after the first year (which is free).

They keep saying I will be charge INR 55 from next year, everytime I install the app on a new phone. They never have in the last two years.

Really? I haven't been charged yet!

Some accounts got charged after a free year, some got charged after a "trial" of many years, others get "gifted" a lifetime free service.

I'm in the last group, but I know that people that had to pay for WhatsApp.