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You must be unfamiliar with telegram. They were going to offer their gaming platform for free.

• goblin89 6y ago
  The fact that something is free to you does not mean no one is paying.
  • techntoke 6y ago
    Telegram is also open source.
    • goblin89 6y ago
      I don’t know if you are seeking to counter my point, but open source seems orthogonal to expenses associated with maintaining infrastructure, ongoing development, reviewing massive amounts of UGC and so on.
      • techntoke 6y ago
        I was under the impression you were trying to indicate that just because Telegram is free, that it's users are paying one way or another. However, agreed that Telegram does end up paying for backend costs but the app could be modified to utilize a different backend.
• duskwuff 6y ago
  Their "gaming platform" was on the same level as early Facebook Games, except a decade too late -- little dinky HTML5 games you could play in group chats. It was never going to be a major source of profit even if Apple hadn't blocked it.