I WhatsApp subscription on iOS treated as In-App purchase or something else?

If you are an iPhone and WhatsApp user, you might have had to pay the yearly subscription fee. As an iOS developer I'm curious how they deal with this payment. Apple is notoriously strict with not letting developers take payments other than via In-App Purchases (which brings them a 30% cut).

They probably pay 30% like everyone else.

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