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Re:Telegram has now 100M Monthly Active Users by thewhitetulip on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @05:10AM (#11157834)
The founders aim to keep it free forever, should they want to earn money they'll add some non critical features so people who want to pay will keep the app running
Re:Telegram has now 100M Monthly Active Users by scottyates11 on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @05:13AM (#11157847)
How do you think of its business model? Keep it free to get a big user base then sell it to huge enterprise? Like Whatsapp and Facebook?
Re:Telegram has now 100M Monthly Active Users by newscracker on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @06:12AM (#11158049)
I guess they have several more years to introduce something. About the business model and monetization, the Telegram FAQ [1] has long stated this:

>Q: How are you going to make money out of this? > We believe in fast and secure messaging that is also 100% free.

> Pavel Durov, who shares our vision, supplied Telegram with a generous donation through his Digital Fortress fund, so we have quite enough money for the time being. If Telegram runs out, we'll invite our users to donate and add non-essential paid options to break even. But making profits will never be a goal for Telegram.

[1]: https://telegram.org/faq#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-o...

Re:Telegram has now 100M Monthly Active Users by rtpg on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @05:30AM (#11157918)
Line sells stickers . that's a very effective strategy
Re:Telegram has now 100M Monthly Active Users by thewhitetulip on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @12:13AM (#11164693)
Well, they do not aim to earn money out of Telegram, so I guess that'll just work fine if they sell some stickers or things like that. The thing about Whatsapp and others is that they are a profit minded company, Telegram isn't, they just need money to keep it running