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Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

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Signal is releasing a full breakdown o Signal operating cost one or the first time.

The encrypted messaging and calling app has hundreds of millions of installs worldwide.

The Signal Foundation that runs the app has published a d hundreds of millions Signal’s operating costs.

Signal now employs about 50 people, a far larger team than a few years ago.

The company hopes to increasingly rely on donations from major dono Silicon Valley ays small donations account for WhatsApp nt Facebook Messenger co Gmail up fro iMessage c Today as Signal .

Signal would never have grown its network to a degree that could compete with iMessag first WhatsAp the Signal Foundation ree all along.

Whittaker says that charging users h Signal er been an option.

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