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I believe so, but wasn't it much like the Winrar license where nobody was actually forced to pay at the end of the day?
by jonasdegendt 5y ago
I believe so, but wasn't it much like the Winrar license where nobody was actually forced to pay at the end of the day?
- Jensson 5y agoIt was free for the first year iirc, and then a dollar a year. A dollar a year is way more than needed to cover the cost of hosting, and most would spend that to avoid paying for SMS.
- pradn 5y agoThey ended up with a billion or two users. $1-2 billion with the subscription is good for a company of a few dozen employees. They could have branched into all sorts of value-add stuff in the future if they wanted to, all without tracking and such even. A simple payments or shopping interface a la Instagram Stores could have done the trick.