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minus-squaresimple@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoMakes sense., something as huge and expensive as Signal can’t run entirely on donations.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoSure it can, just look at Wikipedia. But it’s probably a good idea to have some alternate forms of revenue generation.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWikipedia has way more donors, since it’s basically the only one of its kind. There is no Big Tech alternative to Wikipedia, so everyone just uses it by default. There are lots of other messengers though, so Signal isn’t the default choice.
Makes sense., something as huge and expensive as Signal can’t run entirely on donations.
Sure it can, just look at Wikipedia. But it’s probably a good idea to have some alternate forms of revenue generation.
Wikipedia has way more donors, since it’s basically the only one of its kind. There is no Big Tech alternative to Wikipedia, so everyone just uses it by default. There are lots of other messengers though, so Signal isn’t the default choice.