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Re:Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the... by runeks on Sunday November 12, 2017 @03:04AM (#15680132)
> Charging raises a huge barrier to entry, making it very hard to create a large network.

Is this because digital payments are cumbersome, or are people really unwilling to drop 50 cents/mo on something they find valuable?

Imagine getting 3 months of Snap usage for free, and having the ability to make a 50 cent payment as easy as dropping two quarters in a tip jar. Would this still be a huge barrier to entry?

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Re:Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the... by selectodude on Sunday November 12, 2017 @03:37AM (#15680202)
There is not a chance in hell I would pay to put a photo on Snapchat, and I’m of their core demographic that can actually afford to.
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Re:Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the... by noncoml on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:34PM (#15681634)
Would you pay $1 a month to not see ads and not have your data be sent to third party companies?
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Re:Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the... by wpietri on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @12:48AM (#15692969)
That's not really a winning value proposition. The first part won't resonate broadly; the bulk of America is perfectly comfortable seeing ads. And the second part raises a question they desperately don't want to raise: what are big companies doing with all that personal data?
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