Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by pjc50 on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:17PM
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WhatsApp was monetized before it was bought, although I can't remember exactly how.
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by Jagat on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:19PM
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They used to charge $1 per year after the first year
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by lotsofpulp on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:49PM
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I know they said that, but I don't know anyone who actually had to pay it.
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by bromuro on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:00PM
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I paid it! I hoped for that model to win :(
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by lotsofpulp on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:04PM
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Me too, they even advertised they charge $1 so that they will never have to sell or compromise your privacy.
Of course, that promise is worth less than $20B as we found out.
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
by Jagat on Sunday January 26, 2020 @11:42AM
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Everyone knew that was going away the moment they sold the app that had 1 billion users for 19 billion dollars.
The founders were being disingenuous when they said the data wouldn't be used for ads.
The public probably is not able or willing to pay for extremely valuable instant global communications service that handles audio, video, photo, text, and other data. Regardless of who owns it, I know that my network of people across 4 continents derives great value from the free service.