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I've seen this position a lot throughout this thread and I have a question: all of these apps (whatsapp, signal, etc.) appear to be "free" - how do you suppose
by abawany 4y ago
I've seen this position a lot throughout this thread and I have a question: all of these apps (whatsapp, signal, etc.) appear to be "free" - how do you suppose they will make money? In the US, the users of sms/mms/imessage paid in some way for this service and can have some reasonable expectation for delivery and availability.
- simonjgreen 4y agoIn the case of WhatsApp they charge businesses for business features. https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408818454938-WhatsApp-pricing-change-announcement https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408818454938-... Prior to business features a long time ago they used to charge a one time $1 fee to download then $1 per year.
- kelnos 4y agoI believe the Signal Foundation runs on donations. So far this appears to have been sustainable, but of course you could make the argument that we don't know if that will always be the case. But that's the case for any business, even one for which users directly pay for the service.