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How does WhatsApp actually make money?

The main messaging apps are all free to use, so what is in it for them? It鈥檚 not a cheap operation, and yet no one using the app for personal use ever parts with any money. So how does WhatsApp, make its money? Our technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains.

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