sad but it makes sense, nothing is free. when a service is free or too cheap to be economically viable, they’re just trying to get a huge userbase, get rid of

sad but it makes sense, nothing is free. when a service is free or too cheap to be economically viable, they’re just trying to get a huge userbase, get rid of the competition and then when they’re a monopoly or almost one they raise prices or do something to become profitable. of course there’s exceptions like with mom and pop ventures but big companies will get ‘sponsored’ (invested in) by already very rich venture capitals or oil rich countries like the UAE and in return for a big stake in the company they get a certain amount of money to ‘blow’ on getting new users.