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The real problem is that its never enough for these companies. Charge me some monthly fee for whatsapp and I'll pay, but no, that's not enough for them.
by mbilal 5y ago
The real problem is that its never enough for these companies. Charge me some monthly fee for whatsapp and I'll pay, but no, that's not enough for them.
- rodgerd 5y agoI mean that was literally their business model until Facebook purchased them. It was a successful stand-alone company! And now look at it. The bad drives out the good.
- e-clinton 5y agoWhat does “successful” mean to you? Are you claiming they were profitable? Of so, what’s the source?
- beefield 5y agoThat is one of the regulations that should be applied to adtech companies: Adtech companies should be required to offer a paid version of all their products with a price that covers the costs of producing the service (including a decent profit margin but not including tracking/adtech components of the free version) but with strong guarantees that customers [1] opting to pay are not tracked, not shown ads and their data is in no other way monetized or sold to third parties. [1] as opposed to products...
- herbst 5y agoYou say that. But back when WhatsApp actually was a paid app nobody bothered paying.