• @[email protected]
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    wtf is this click bait

    n 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 current year, with projections reaching $50 million by 2025.

    Using =/= Operating

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      72 years ago

      if they stop operating it, we won’t be using it anymore.

      it is likely bad phrasing, instead of intentional click bait.

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      2 years ago

      two sides of the same coin, just a badly phrased sentence

      [People] Using Signal Will Soon Cost [Operators] $50 Million a Year.

      if you read it as each user paying $50M, maybe touch some grass

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      2 years ago

      It’s unusual phrasing, but not wrong. It doesn’t say specifically who is using, or will have to pay the $50M. You’re only assuming it’s about each of us individually.

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        2 years ago

        exactly, I don’t like the wording, but I do question people’s reading abilities if they misinterpret that headline.

        [People] Using Signal Will Soon Cost [Operators] $50 Million a Year.

        How else would you read it? Each user paying $50M lol?