arn't they good on funding now that they integrated their monero copy into signal ? https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/mobilecoin/ ...
Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
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Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
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Isn't signal deep in debt at the moment? At least 100 millions?
I think you might be talking about Brian Acton's loans to them? If so, yeah, they have to pay those off at some point, which begs the question why they took a loan in the first place. They were getting grants and things like that, so taking millions that they have to pay back, especially from a guy who sold WhatsApp to Facebook is... an interesting course of action.
No set time they must be repaid. As close to a gift as you can get.
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Technically it is not very secure. It leaks the most interesting stuff (metadata). People think that only message content matters.
What metadata is it leaking? Any link?
Everything they can possibly get with the app. Only message content is E2EE.
https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/end-to...
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#84I bought a one time boost badge on Jan 12th and got a notification 3 hours later that it had expired.
Still to this day no response from Signal support. Every message I send is either ignored or their bot auto-closes the ticket claiming my Signal version is out of date (happened both when sending an email from the BETA version of the app and from their own website without specifying any version at all)
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#85I also started donating €10/month. I figured that I pay a lot more for other services that I use far less often and provide me far less value, so why not pay for this. Also got me to think about this topic a bit more and write this blog post: https://canolcer.com/post/pay-for-internet-stuff/
> I pay a lot more for other services that I use far less often and provide me far less value, so why not pay for this
Is that the only reason why you would like to pay for this service?
It seems irrational to me to justify an expense merely by the existence of other expenses.
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#86I always surprises me how few people are willing to pay $5 a month for a piece of software they use everyday, but will gladly spend $3 a day on a Starbucks Coffee or happily drop $8 on a single beer at bar.
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#87I'd do this in a heartbeat if they would get rid of MobileCoin first.
I wish so bad that the signal crypto integration would have been done better. They could have implemented a wallet and generated revenue in the hundreds of millions like metamask does.
Starting a new blockchain obviously has founder incentives which are great but it only makes sense when people feel like your contributing to the diversity of blockchains not simply copy pasting monero.
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#88I had previously donated 2$ monthly for around 1.5 years through PayPal (through their webpage) and just recently noticed the badge system.
Seeing that the minimum was 5$ left me with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. I know, no one is forced to pay and 5$ for the service is not at all much.
But what can I say. It left a bad taste in my mouth.
Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#89I'd argue that $5/month is quite high. Not because Signal isn't useful, but because the actual incurred cost per user is much, much lower. Of course, not everyone is going to pay. But if Signal were to ask users to pay, say $10 per year , i'm sure there'd be a lot more payers.
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Re: Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even if it's not most users, it still benefits the other people. Why should everyone be forced to give away their phone number? Why should everyone be forced to use the same app including it's limitations? Why should everyone be forced to make a contract with the same vendor? It could well be that it's not a requirement, because people don't think about it or take it as given. Imagine Email or phones would work the s…
You are free to not use the product if it and it's roadmap doesn't meet your needs. Lots of messaging options to choose from.
Unfortunately, you can't simply choose.
Messaging apps that don't interoperate inherently create forces to use their app if you have contacts you want to reach on that app