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And this is what makes me wary of apps like Signal as well. Who pays for the servers and why are they free?
by horsecaptin 9y ago
And this is what makes me wary of apps like Signal as well. Who pays for the servers and why are they free?
- witten 9y agoSignal Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Foundation Paid for by Brian Acton's conscience.
- quadrangle 9y agoYou could just look up the answers. https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/ https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/ describes an aligned philanthropist helping start the 501(c)(3) foundation that supports Signal. Another resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) happens to come from a completely-free-of-3rd-party-ads-yet-free platform… It's good to be wary, but the idea that nothing is ever free is actually wrong and helps make people think they have to give up something or pay etc. even when they don't need to. We need to get beyond "How can it be free‽ There must be some catch!" and to the reality of just "Is this really free without a catch?" Because we should be wary but not give into the idea that free is actually too good to be true. Things can actually be free, and people can actually be pro-social in their motivations.