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It will happen. So far Telegram has developed without consideration for revenue, but it cannot last too long. According to his own numbers [1], Durov's entire
by benhurmarcel 6y ago
It will happen. So far Telegram has developed without consideration for revenue, but it cannot last too long.
According to his own numbers [1], Durov's entire net worth [2] can only sustain Telegram for about a decade.
[1] https://t.me/s/durov/142 https://t.me/s/durov/142
[2] https://www.forbes.com/profile/pavel-durov/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/pavel-durov/
- jakub_g 6y agoDurov recently announced they will smart monetizing through ads, but only in "channels" of people with huge subscriber count (which generates a lot of costs). Channels are 1:N public broadcasts, a bit like Twitter.
- hanniabu 6y agoThat's how it all starts. And how will they know what ads to show you? By mining your conversations.
- daredevil_kohai 6y agoNo. He confirmed that the ads will be generic. Not targeted to people based on their data.
- andreareina 6y ago> 500 million active users > A project of our size needs at least a few hundred million dollars per year to keep going. Is it just me or does order of $1 per user sound like a lot?
- Jaxkr 6y ago$1 per user/year sounds about right. I use Telegram more than any other chat app. People send lots of media (and even large files) and Telegram archives them forever. One group Telegram I’m in is 6 years old and has 500+ VIDEOS (and 10,000s of images) permanently archived in it. I’d estimate I cost over $10/yr to telegram.
- benhurmarcel 6y agoI could imagine a backup solution being built on top of that free storage. Uploading encrypted blobs of data.