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by mirekrusin 407 days ago
I've never seen ads in slack?
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volemo 407 days ago
Because you probably (or more likely your employer) pay Slack.
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statictype 407 days ago
The free version doesn’t show ads. Come on.
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konha 407 days ago
The free version is a loss leader to build mindshare amongst people who are (later) in a position to buy licenses.
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arccy 407 days ago
They do try to upsell you hard though... 1st party ads are still ads
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parthdesai 407 days ago
How is that an ad? You get limited set of features for free, if you want to use other features, they tell you it's only available in paid version.
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1123581321 407 days ago
They advertise in the sidebar, offer discounts for the first month, occasional free trials of Pro features. You don’t have to try to use a Pro feature to get the sales pitch.
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anshumankmr 407 days ago
>Alongside of private messaging, people were saying they wanted to hear more about topics, teams and organizations across WhatsApp.”

That was in response to this.

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