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signalapp / Signal-iOS

A private messenger for iOS.
https://signal.org
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Explain how this can cost $0 #87

Closed i7u closed 9 years ago

i7u commented 10 years ago

We have been educating end users for years to be very sceptical of free stuff online. "If you're not paying for it, you ARE the product", etc. As a result, people who are not aware of Free Software or the history of WhisperSystems will naturally be sceptical as to the level of trust they can place on this (amazing) service. It literally sounds too good to be true.

I know it's not trivial, but it would be great to have a short writeup/video explaining how you can pull this off. http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/questions/5836104-how-is-openwhispersystems-paying-for-the-its-server-costs- is not enough and really, just talks about covering costs. Not about the fact you're not in this for the money.

corbett commented 10 years ago

We were just talking about this today! It is a great idea. We have in fact started a FAQ and this will be up on a section of our website in the next few weeks

On 01.08.2014, at 23:12, i7u notifications@github.com wrote:

We have been educating end users for years to be very sceptical of free stuff online. "If you're not paying for it, you ARE the product", etc. As a result, people who are not aware of Free Software or the history of WhisperSystems will naturally be sceptical as to the level of trust they can place on this (amazing) service. It literally sounds too good to be true.

I know it's not trivial, but it would be great to have a short writeup/video explaining how you can pull this off. http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/questions/5836104-how-is-openwhispersystems-paying-for-the-its-server-costs- is not enough and really, just talks about covering costs. Not about the fact you're not in this for the money.

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FredericJacobs commented 10 years ago

Should we have an In-App purchase for people who want to donate money with their iTunes account: "Unlock the whisper-dark Theme for $2,99"?

moxie0 commented 10 years ago

stickers, it'll be all about stickers.

On 08/01/2014 03:44 PM, Frederic Jacobs wrote:

Should we have an In-App purchase for people who want to donate money with their iTunes account: "Buy the Dark Theme for $2,99"?

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i7u commented 10 years ago

@FredericJacobs In-App purchases are usually treated with suspicion (they reek of "freemium"). You might get away with it, if the In-App purchase actually gives users absolutely no additional functionality - that way it'll be obvious it's a donation.

@moxie0 - hmmm stickers... Will they be tiny and provide the easy-to-perceive use value of https://supporters.eff.org/shop/laptop-camera-cover-set ? :-)

corbett commented 9 years ago

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