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Yeah, how could a service like sending text messages from one device to another be free in the long term!? Think of the infrastructure and technology costs. No
by zimablue 8y ago
Yeah, how could a service like sending text messages from one device to another be free in the long term!? Think of the infrastructure and technology costs.
No, wait, most people on this forum could knock up a messaging app in a couple of days and run it on aws lambda for less than pennies per user per year.
https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/
I'm being snarky but I really don't get your point, nothing about this is expensive or difficult. Signal case in point:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103877
- robjan 8y agoSignal has a few orders of magnitude fewer users and uses tens of millions of dollars per year.
- skinnymuch 8y agoDo you think Signal doesn’t cost a good amount of money per year?
- thinkloop 8y ago> pennies per user per year Times 1.5 billion users is at least $30m / year, where to get that?