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It isn't about "not being able to afford". Why pay $1 when a free alternative is available?
by aero-glide2 6y ago
It isn't about "not being able to afford". Why pay $1 when a free alternative is available?
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoThis. I live in Austria where the average income is high among the developed world and even here, through a poll on reddit, most people said they are not willing to pay for any private/secure messaging platforms on the arguments that "why pay for something I can get for free?" and "I have nothing important in my communications worth datamining" or "I already have a Facebook account so they already have all my private info, what's the point of privacy at this point?". So even people with good incomes are super stingy when it comes to paying even a couple of bucks for things that they are used to being free and don't care much for online privacy as long as their basic needs are being met. IMHO, until a massive hack/leak hits one of these free services, people can't be bothered to care.