Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads
Redex68@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I see a lot of people saying it’s time to switch to Signal, and I mean I agree in principle, it’s my main messaging app, but I don’t see how it can scale. It runs off of donations and the only reason it’s still functioning is because the users that are there are above averagely passionate about it and willing to donate. If it became the defacto messaging app I fear that there is no way they would be capable of financing that level of traffic.
SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 23 hours ago
I’d probably still use it if I had to pay for it
Redex68@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I mean, there are some who will be willing to do that, but the vast majority of average people won’t pay for something if a free version exists (like WhatsApp)
SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Even if they charged 1.99 they’d be making a decent cut for future investment (they are a nonprofit).
GrapheneOS lives on donations too. Its definately possible.
Redex68@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I mean comparing it to GrapheneOS doesn’t make much sense, they don’t have recurring costs.