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We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

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[-] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Are decentralised apps like element much less expensive ?

[-] amki@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago

The load distributes across more shoulders automatically.

If you only host a server for yourself and 10 friends it costs next to nothing, if you have a big operation it can get just as expensive, it depends on what you are willing to do.

With centralized systems there is no choice but for the one centralized host to host everything.

[-] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Then is it better to use element over signal as decentralised apps may be more sustainable for long term use ?

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