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Re:Telegram requires third-party clients to show ads by ushakov on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @07:18PM (#29325432)
why did it take almost 9 years though? what were they thinking?!?
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Re:Telegram requires third-party clients to show ads by stereoradonc on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @07:38PM (#29325584)
No marketing expense. 500 million+ users purely on the word of mouth
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Re:Telegram requires third-party clients to show ads by ushakov on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @07:57PM (#29325734)
i meant why did it take them 9 years to realize they’re not gonna make money
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Re:Telegram requires third-party clients to show ads by wmf on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @04:39PM (#29335488)
The plan seems to have been bootstrapping until they could extract a few billion from the TON blockchain pump and dump. Then TON was ruled illegal so now they're into the "things we promised we'd never do" business model.
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