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TylerE
on April 25, 2013
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Twitter Should Shut Me Down
For $20/month they'd probably spend more on the accounting infrastructure and payment gateway than they'd generate.
It's like (snail) mailing someone a bill for $0.25.
umsm
on April 25, 2013
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This isn't accurate. The infrastructure is setup once they started billing people. I think the support side is what will eat at the profits... a million $20/month users can be very demanding until they figure out what they're doing.
lucaspiller
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Amazon seem quite happy to charge me $0.50 a month, and they seem to be doing alright.
TylerE
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Yes, but that's Amazon's core business. It's not Twitter's core business.
saalweachter
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Charging people money for goods and services is everyone's core business.
TylerE
on April 25, 2013
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No, it's not actually. You could maybe make the argument that it should be, but it isn't.
bifrost
on April 26, 2013
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It is, but only when it actually makes sense.
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It's like (snail) mailing someone a bill for $0.25.