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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I kind of liked WhatsApp’s initial monetization model. It was free for the first year and then $1 per year after that. With 400 million users, that’s a good chunk of change. Assuming only 25% of people would pay, that’s still a good chunk of change. I think Signal should adopt something similar.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I think just like Proton provides free services for the greater good, Signal should do something similar. Even special emojis works well IMO. They give you a badge at least

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Agreed. Not ideal vs. a federation, because Signal would still be in a position of total control over the network, but with less incentive to go against its users.