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by weird-eye-issue 569 days ago
The irony of ONCE is that the company behind it makes 8 figures annually on recurring revenue. They can afford to launch products with unsustainable business models just to get some PR
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They didn't launch anything, just repackaged a couple of legacy products that nobody was paying for with a flashy marketing campaign.
I don't think ONCE is a loss leading marketing device for them. That would also seem like a pretty poor strategy, as those users are pretty unlikely to convert.