Dan SimmonscakeA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 5 days agoProton Drive client is (finally) coming to Linux - OMG! Ubuntuwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up176arrow-down15
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minus-square@coffee_tacos@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 days agoIdeally you spend less on the advertising campaign than you make in new customers.
minus-squareScratchlinkfedilinkEnglish-5•5 days agoSometimes that’s the case, but Proton have free tiers, so new customers can just cost more money on top of the cost to acquire them.
minus-square@Tiresia@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 days agoThey are a corporation in capitalism. Please stop being facetious.
minus-squareScratchlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•5 days agoMarket share and user metrics are also valuable. But give no direct revenue, in fact for free customers they continue to cost the corp money.
minus-square@Tiresia@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 days agoAnd what does “valuable” mean, in this context?
minus-squareScratchlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•5 days agoIt is of benefit to the company, I guess? I think you have pegged me as a pro capitalist. Let me assure you to the contrary.
Ideally you spend less on the advertising campaign than you make in new customers.
Sometimes that’s the case, but Proton have free tiers, so new customers can just cost more money on top of the cost to acquire them.
They are a corporation in capitalism. Please stop being facetious.
Market share and user metrics are also valuable.
But give no direct revenue, in fact for free customers they continue to cost the corp money.
And what does “valuable” mean, in this context?
It is of benefit to the company, I guess?
I think you have pegged me as a pro capitalist. Let me assure you to the contrary.