PGPP (Pretty Good Phone Privacy) Beta Launch

Re:PGPP (Pretty Good Phone Privacy) Beta Launch by throwaway743 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:00PM (#32430217)

Definitely want to try this, but the full feature cost is much more than my monthly phone bill. Does this route through a server at all (overhead costs) or is everything contained locally? Trying to understand the level of rationale for such a cost.

If it's contained locally, it's likely you could make more in volume than with a higher price.

Also, it's deceptive/leaves a bad taste in mouth with having the Play Store show an "Install" button rather than purchase, only to open the app to a paywall. Using this dark pattern could end up hurting user perception/the app's reviews.

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Re:PGPP (Pretty Good Phone Privacy) Beta Launch by max-b on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:06PM (#32430291)

The $5/month price is for the Relay functionality which provides the 2-hop traffic tunneling. I'm guessing(?) that's not more than your monthly phone bill?

The $90/month price is for unlimited mobile data, so it would in theory replace your phone bill entirely.

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Re:PGPP (Pretty Good Phone Privacy) Beta Launch by barathr on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:12PM (#32430349)

Hmm, thanks for that feedback. I think (hope?) people wouldn't think that service like this was free (the prices reflect the costs). We say pretty clearly on our site what the prices are and are trying to be upfront. It's true that the payment isn't handled by Google but by Stripe, so you aren't buying it on the Play Store, but that's because it's a network service, something that isn't under Google's normal payment processing.

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