What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems.
  • Vincent@kbin.social
    10·
    8 months ago

    Signal had 40 million active users in 2021. With 14 million in infra cost, that comes to .35 per user/year. Total expenses are about 33 million, so about .825 per user/year. All in all that seems very reasonable.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38291950

    So it should be pretty easy to cover your own costs and maybe that of a couple of friends to make the transaction fees worth it :)

    • milkytoast@kbin.social
      5·
      8 months ago

      so $1 a year would cover it? might as well covery whole family at that point. think I can afford $5 a year lol

      • Vincent@kbin.social
        3·
        8 months ago

        Haha exactly, by that calculation $1 a year would cover you and two others. Get that family onboard :)

      • catacomb@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Funny, that’s in line with the $1 a year WhatsApp was going to charge.

        Sounds like just $5 will pay for me and 4 others, so that’s nice.