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milkytoast@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

does anyone know roughly how much operating costs could be per person? I'd like to donate, but I don't have a whole lot of money. I'd like to at least ensure that I'm covering "my share" so to speak

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Vincent@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Signal had 40 million active users in 2021. With 14 million in infra cost, that comes to .35 per user/year. Total expenses are about 33 million, so about .825 per user/year. All in all that seems very reasonable.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38291950

So it should be pretty easy to cover your own costs and maybe that of a couple of friends to make the transaction fees worth it :)

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- milkytoast@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  so $1 a year would cover it? might as well covery whole family at that point. think I can afford $5 a year lol
  
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  - Vincent@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Haha exactly, by that calculation $1 a year would cover you and two others. Get that family onboard :)
    
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  - catacomb@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Funny, that’s in line with the $1 a year WhatsApp was going to charge.
    
    Sounds like just $5 will pay for me and 4 others, so that’s nice.
    
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