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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

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Signal Messenger: Using Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year
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Signal has taken a bold step in transparency by unveiling the operational expenses of its messenger service, a move aimed at safeguarding user privacy. In a recent blog post, the Signal Foundation, responsible for managing Signal, detailed the operating costs for the first time, disclosing approximately $40 million for the
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    Here’s the actual blog post.

    The article about the blog post adds nothing.

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      Adds negative value by introducing confusion

      “If you want to use signal it will cost you”

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        “You will personally be assessed a fee of $50 million on November 17, 2024.”

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          Do you accept discount coupons as payment?

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            Those are IOUs. I’d just as good as money.

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            We take Visa, Mastercarp, a meow it can express, this cover, Babel, …

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            Only in the form of Khols Kash and expired BB&B coupons.

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        @[email protected] could you swap the article and title with the better source?

        Lemmy lets you edit titles after the fact. You can leave an explanation for the swap in the post body, and leave the original link there too if you want

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