Post AronidOZYo8QJP4baa by sybren@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AronidOZYo8QJP4baa by sybren@fosstodon.org
2025-03-07T10:22:05Z
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Yesterday I upped my donations to @signalapp to €10/month, to cover both my wife's and my use.Signal is one of the few apps I truly trust & believe in. Let's make it normal to financially support such projects.#signal #opensource #freedom
(DIR) Post #AronieJI9vVN9Jbtzs by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2025-03-07T10:42:16Z
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@sybren @signalapp Is there any public data on how much Signal costs to operate? WhatsApp was making a profit on a $1/year subscription fee.
(DIR) Post #AronievvqGPh59glE0 by sybren@fosstodon.org
2025-03-07T10:51:31Z
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@david_chisnall @signalapp Recently @Mer__edith said in an interview that Signal currently spends about $50 million per year to keep things running.Source: https://npo.nl/start/serie/nieuwsuur/seizoen-2025/nieuwsuur_5017/afspelenInterview starts at around 25 minutes. Money is discussed at 29:24.
(DIR) Post #AronifTxnjdSmhbwGm by feld@friedcheese.us
2025-03-07T17:35:27.980347Z
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@sybren @david_chisnall @signalapp @Mer__edith I will say though that $50M to run a secure messenger service that can be banned from a country makes me seriously ask why we bother when there are alternatives that are nearly impossible to ban
(DIR) Post #AronihrQxRb8A4bi88 by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2025-03-07T14:21:51Z
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@sybren @signalapp They apparently had 55 M users in 2023, so $1/user/year is probably close.