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> "Use Paying Up / Subsidies strategically and temporarily, primarily to bootstrap the hard side or overcome initial friction. Focus on building inherent, long-term network value. You should generally avoid deploying significant spending on subsidies until you have validated that the core product provides enough fundamental value to retain users."

Yes, you're right, I totally did not put 2 and 2 together here.

You brought up solid points I did not really consider.