SheenSquelcher
@SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee
- Comment on spicy one 6 days ago:
But from where will we get the oil!?! 😥
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
their costs aren’t tied to their userbase
I’d say that they are. Graphene has to serve up the installs for all the different devices they support. That’s a lot of data to shift. On top of that there is pumping out updates every second day. Then there is user support. All of these will scale.
my entire point is that it just isn’t comparable
I don’t know why this point is so important to you. Of course the two organisations aren’t 100% comparible but there are strong similarities. Both are tech, both nonprofit, both offering a free product for the greater good and both rely on donations. Both will have costs that scale - they might not be the same to-the-penny but they will exist. Thats just the nature of the beast.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
I think you’re missing the point. All I was saying is that both Signal and Graphene are both nonprofits and both seem to be doing okay with their donations business model.
And donations aren’t just a euro here and there from users. Proton is rumoured to be one of Graphene’s supporters.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
What, like salaries?
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
Asking for someones email when they ask for your whatsapp is weird.
Yes it is. But that’s not what I was suggesting.
being able to communicate with friends and family
I made the switch 6 months ago and can communicate just fine. Friends and family.
more important than software evangelizing
Its not evangelising, I’ve just chosen not to use WhatsApp, FB messenger etc. If other people want to surrender their personal data to Meta have at it.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week 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.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
SMS has issues if youre traveling a lot or want to send large files
Okay email?
Im not going to ask someone I just met to install a new app
They can only say no. And if they do, their loss.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
I’ve never had this problem. If they don’t want to download Signal and can’t cope with basic SMS then tough luck.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
I’d probably still use it if I had to pay for it
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
I just love ads! Especially when they get in the way of what I’m trying to do!!
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
I’d forgotten about this!!
- Comment on Uhh... 2 weeks ago:
Well i suppose both could be considered a phenomenal waste of spunk.
- Comment on Uhh... 2 weeks ago:
Yeah but its when they put it in their mouth, thats where I draw the line.
- Comment on What else do you need? 2 months ago:
Boobs and a vagina probably, otherwise I’m there!
- Comment on Hello, ladies! 2 months ago:
All I can focus on is the fact that BBQ is right up against the side of the house…
- Comment on Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’ 2 months ago:
So dumbing it down then? If privacy and security is built into your product and you’re not using people’s data for nefarious purposes its very easy to comply with.
- Comment on Get that Musky Grindset going 2 months ago:
- Comment on Get that Musky Grindset going 2 months ago:
Hmm I dunno. Think of who you could be with evidence of that. I could be the next huak tuah girl!
- Comment on The “Dark” Greek Telegram. 2 months ago:
Never been a fan tbh. Not having all chats encrypted by default always felt a bit sneaky.
- Comment on I was supposed to pick him up from preschool today? Whoops. 2 months ago:
I wish this was a real thing I could buy my mum for Xmas. I love her dearly but her parenting style was hilariously unique.
- Comment on Rocky rock rocking 2 months ago:
Sorry its a pebble.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 2 months ago:
I have no idea what you’re talking about and I’m intrigued.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 2 months ago:
Tbh I think X has the market corned there.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 2 months ago:
Well played. Take my upvote.
- Comment on Watching snow white but its getting weird 2 months ago:
The teenagers whos sexual awakening was triggered by this video are now the most perverse humans on the planet.
- Comment on Hehe 2 months ago:
Probably get more for that than you would for a Telsa.
- Comment on Be honest and tell us what you see 3 months ago:
Two guys about to swordfight. With their pork swords.
- Comment on People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true 3 months ago:
This is kind of stating the obvious. Humans can write shit stories too.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 3 months ago:
Nope. Nope nope nope 🤮🤮🤮
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 3 months ago:
I could get on board with this