...at least for Android, whereas it stays free for iOpS. I once mocked a girl about it (==going with what their hip "friends" dictate for "apps"/connectivity/social ********, and not reading WhatsApp's TOS. She was then angry about me; how i could dare. ) The most interesting thing still wasn't clarified: what will happen if "the vendor" finds out about all those people using an unlicensed/unofficial port/hack? Will their alter the protocol? Will they secure their official clients to make it harder to analyze? ICQ had a history of this, to block all the unofficial stuff ilke Miranda and Trillian.