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WhatsApp and Facebook have many users in the developing world who could not afford a subscription unless the price was extremely low.
by twblalock 9y ago
WhatsApp and Facebook have many users in the developing world who could not afford a subscription unless the price was extremely low.
- kristianc 9y agoSalaries in the developing world are low, but they're not that low. Average salary in Brazil is $670/m. $10 per year does not seem overly onerous.
- detaro 9y agoIf there's cheaper/free alternatives?
- paxy 9y agoMedian salary in India (WhatsApp's largest market) is $600-$1500 per year.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agothat seems like a wide median to me.
- paxy 9y agoSimply because there's no one objective way to calculate that number. How do you define the total labor force? Do you count seasonal workers? Part-time workers? People who are unemployed but otherwise working age?
- bryanrasmussen 9y agothanks for the clarification.
- isostatic 9y ago$80 a year seems a lot for someone on $65k/y for an SMS replacement.
- Lionsion 9y ago> WhatsApp and Facebook have many users in the developing world who could not afford a subscription unless the price was extremely low. I would make sense to me to scale the price to the market. Make it $5 in the US and 5 rupees in India.
- ajaimk 9y agoThey did. Before it all went free
- hengheng 9y agoDon't ad earnings scale accordingly?