How WhatsApp Makes Money: The INSANE Story of WhatsApp

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How Does WhatsApp Make Money? - The INSANE Story of WhatsApp!

How Does WhatsApp Make Money? This mini-movie tells the story of WhatsApp, and the insane journey of Brian Acton & Jan Koum. Imagine this: you go for a job at Facebook and get rejected. A few years later, Facebook buy your company for $19 billion dollars. Well, for WhatsApp founders Brian and Jan, that’s exactly what happened. Unfortunately, for WhatsApp's users, the story perhaps doesn’t have quite such a happy ending… The story of how WhatsApp was built and scaled is both fascinating and worrying.

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I hope you enjoy this WhatsApp story - taking you right from the creation of WhatsApp, through to the WhatsApp acquisition by Facebook, and even the potential future of WhatsApp! But most importantly, we'll be asking: how does WhatsApp REALLY make money?

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You're watching the full WhatsApp Documentary / Mini WhatsApp Movie from MagnatesMedia. In this episode, we ask 'how do WhatsApp earn money?', and look through the story of WhatsApp, and how they've monetized. This is part of our "Crazy But True: Business Stories That Feel Like Movies" series you can watch free on MagnatesMedia. The goal is to tell fascinating business stories, including more business origin stories like this one. #BusinessStories #MagnatesMediaMovies

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How Does WhatsApp REALLY Make Money?

⌛ Chapters:
00:00 Prologue
00:36 2009 - The Birth of WhatsApp
01:33 2010 - The Money Problem
04:32 2011 - The Business Model
06:55 2014 - The Acquisition
10:10 2016 - Free?
14:22 2017 - #deletefacebook
19:29 Present Day & Future
23:57 Intermission
24:55 In Defence of WhatsApp & Facebook
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This is the first episode in a new series on this channel, "Crazy But True: Business Stories That Feel Like Movies". It tells the full story of WhatsApp, but framed around one key question: How Does WhatsApp REALLY Make Money? I hope you enjoy. 😁

EDIT: Wow, thank you for all the comments & support! Just wanna address some concerns that I saw a couple of people ask:

1. "Are you sponsored by Signal?" No. I am in no way affiliated with Signal whatsoever, and don't even have the app myself. There are lots of other alternatives to Signal, I only mentioned it because it seemed to have very positive perceptions in online privacy communities (plus it's part of the story, since it was created by the original WhatsApp founder).

2. "Why are you advertising a VPN?" - A VPN is not some magic pill to all privacy issues, but personally I believe you're better to have a VPN (from a trusted provider) than not. But you don't necessarily NEED one; you can research it and decide for yourself. They didn't pay me to say anything (I just used an affiliate link in the description to an established VPN).

3. "There's nothing wrong with Whatsapp" - Whatsapp IS a great service. If you go to the end of the video, you'll see that I do say MOST companies collect your data for all kinds of reasons. For many people, continuing to use WhatsApp is totally fine. Really, it comes down to how much you trust Facebook. Clearly the original founders don't, but I am not saying you need to delete Whatsapp. I just think its worth being aware of the story behind it all. I hope you enjoy!

New videos like this coming soon!

[byazrov]

It's an incredible talent to explain a whole 30-seconds concept in just 30 minutes.

[techrisemedia]

"if you're not paying for the product you are the product" so true

[zohrebrown]

It's not the moral question about sharing our own data - it's the immorality of WhatsApp collecting other people's data through my phone without my or their consent.
This is what the EU data protection legislation was about.

[BMoSuave]

I have watched so many of these documentaries today and I can't stop. These are so well produced and thorough, please don't stop making these!!

[davidespingel]

Same people who are concerned with privacy have no issues having Alexa in their home.

[funocity-official]

"protect privacy" is something near impossible in this era

[vickyzesu]

“If you are not paying for the product, YOU are the product.”

Wow this was eye opening. As a content creator (TikTok, IG, YouTube) I have no choice but to not care about my privacy. I’m in too deep.

[euphoric]

I never made comments about how underrated a channel but this will be my first. The video quality blew my mind and you kept me hooked till the end. I really do hope you get the recognition you deserves one day.

[Anita_original]

"free" is dangerous since you loose control. If you pay for something you can make demands about the product...

[RobertoBlake]

I have a funny feeling this is going to get more views.

[raqeebaismail]

very true. my sister and i were speaking about a product which she didnt even search for but it came up as an advert on her social media. since then we were like ''is our phones listening to our convos as well''

[gavinguitar]

I have never used Facebook, Instagram. Have used Whats app recently. Will seriously consider using Signal in the future after watching this video. A fair & well presented overview of content, privacy & profiling. Looking forward to more on this subject from this channel.

[chrisbarry]

The only problem I have with personalized ads is how careful you have to be about what you click on. I was curious about ONE unique product on Facebook now I'm hounded by things in the same category on YouTube which supposedly is not connected

[wassup]

Absolute masterpiece brother🙂
I'm out of words to explain how insane the editing and Storytelling is! It's crazy and I'm honoured to be one of your oldest subs.
Love from India, Have a nice day John.

[BeardedKenyan]

What annoys me is that there is no option to pay.
I would gladly pay for a Youtube, Google or Facebook that does not collect my data but that simply does not exist.

[hrsbeware]

Ironic that we are watching this on the second biggest survallience network xD

Nice video, I look foward to the future of you work.

[tinodamatewe]

😁😁😁 funny how you ended this video with, "This channel has lots more videos you can watch totally FREE"... If you are not paying for the product, you are the product

[TonyTCTN]

holy crap what a video
eye opening
thanks for creating this

[jedimindtrix]

When it comes to privacy I, as a 36 year old have really never known "true privacy" since I hit my early to mid 20s. When I was a kid in the mid to late 90s....privacy was still possible. However as my generation came of age and algorithms became king privacy started to become something that "used to be." I don't really see much of an issue here as a regular person. However if I were running a big enough business or if I was working on very secretive projects I certainly would want to be much more careful with my information. It all comes down to each individual what we deem acceptable for ourselves in terms of privacy and risk.