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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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not at all. That's $380K per person if everyone is making the same. Engineers with a few years of experience at Meta make $400K+.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the employer taxes, insurance, recruitment costs and so on. It wouldn't surprise me if the employees are earning on average half that.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly.