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		fastball on Sept 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal is experiencing technical difficulties What doesn't count?

mro_name on Sept 30, 2021 [–]

paying whatsapp doesn't pay for the signal service.

fastball on Oct 1, 2021 | [–]

No, I paid for WhatsApp (as did millions of other people), which is part of the reason it sold to Facebook for ~20B.

Brian Acton then used that money to bankroll Signal, which unlike WhatsApp doesn't seem to have a clear path to profitability in the long term.

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