Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon

Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by szszrk on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:41AM (#26465344)

A paid telegram would be crippled from large part userbase. I would not be able to convince anyone from friends and family to use it if it were paid - they can't see the value before installing.

Without them I would not pay for it as well.

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by tw04 on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:46AM (#26465394)

I don't see that as being a hurdle. You make the first year free which, IIRC, is what whatsapp did.

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by hobofan on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:14PM (#26467812)

It would make it a hurdle for the young userbase. When I started using Whatsapp I was ~16, and didn't have access to a credit card or any other way to pay for a yearly subscription (and I'm not sure if my parents would have okayed it).

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by skinnymuch on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:49AM (#26477426)

WhatsApp made every year free for 90%+ of Android users. Maybe 95%+. It is hard to find people who paid for Android Whatsapp. Even more so paying more than once.

So that doesn’t work to make money.

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by chii on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:45AM (#26465381)

it's quite "easy" to solve that problem - you as the person who wants to convince others to use, would pay up front for the app for them.

To the family member, it's free (of course, you do tell them you're paying). But when they find that it's good, they would also pay to recommend it to their friends.

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by Aloha on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:36PM (#26470809)

Or you have value-add services available by subscription

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