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>>mikece+(OP)
Signal had 40 million active users in 2021 [1]. 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.

[1] https://www.businessofapps.com/data/signal-statistics/

>>V__+r8
Based on App Store downloads on both platforms, they are well over 200M at this point.

>>rogerk+Q8
A lot of people, myself included, have it installed but never use it after they dropped SMS support.

Only a tiny fraction of my contacts use Signal, and most of those are also on Whatsapp, Telegram, Discord, and others.

Signal offers essentially nothing to me.

>>nvy+Rg
Except real privacy?

>>rasso+js
Not even that, because it is linked to phone numbers.

>>sam_lo+Ct
Username registration is currently being tested: https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-username-testing-...

>>marvin+VV
> and register for a new account with a phone number (you can use the same one you’re using in Production).

I hope that they make it so you can register WITHOUT a phone number. Perfectly fine if it's not the default. This is post is currently implying that is not currently the case.