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I wonder how long can Telegram owner Paul Durov keep financing telegram. It seems to be huge now (at least one some countries), ships new features very regularl
by elcomet 6y ago
I wonder how long can Telegram owner Paul Durov keep financing telegram. It seems to be huge now (at least one some countries), ships new features very regularly and must cost a lot to host.
They don't have ads. I guess TON was a way to make telegram financially independant but now that it's over, I wonder how they will keep going.
I hope they can manage to keep telegram running because it's a fine app. Much faster than WhatsApp and others, nicer UX, first class desktop apps, integrations are really easy with bots..
- nyc4today 6y agoI guess introduce non-essential paid features but I still wonder how that can cover the cost of channels uploading 1.5GB files ad infinitum. https://telegram.org/faq#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-out-of-this https://telegram.org/faq#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-o...
- toomuchtodo 6y agoSignal runs as a non profit foundation. You need paying members to cover costs, but not many (see WhatsApp before Facebook) or an endowment.
- elcomet 6y agoYeah, but signal seems much smaller than telegram, and I think it doesn't keep data on the server after it is delivered ?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI believe that’s accurate today, but not a huge delta if they choose to support a rich experience like Telegram does in the future. 1 TB stored in Backblaze B2 is $5/month plus egress/CDN charges.
- jjeaff 6y agoSignal also limits file size and type. You can't even share a video much larger than 100mb.