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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by cpncrunch on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:33PM (#14135357)
I find it somewhat amusing that anyone would even consider snapchat being for "rich people". I've never used it myself, but I get the impression it is just a kids app, and not a particularly interesting one at that. Perhaps they make their money from boring, bratty rich kids.
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by derefr on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:32PM (#14135863)
Not so much "rich people" as "people in countries with a high wealth baseline, where even kids with no jobs have smartphones and data plans for no useful reason."
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by cpncrunch on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:39PM (#14136100)
Yes, "rich" compared to India, although there is increasing wealth in India, and my SaaS product now has quite a lot of income from India right now. (Admittedly it is B2B rather than B2C, and targets online tutoring which is a very large market in India).
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:38PM (#14136099)
> even kids with no jobs have smartphones and data plans for no useful reason.

There are plenty of reasons to have a smartphone regardless of age or employment. If nothing else, messaging apps are an important part of socialization.

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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by johnmarcus on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:29PM (#14135850)
it wasn't the ceo's comment, he didn't say this. a pissed off former employee made the comment, and the "news" misreported it. or so they say.
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