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by tdkl 4122 days ago
They make more from data, then upfront payments.
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The revenue-per-user number (supposedly) reflects the revenue they're getting from that data. If they're making $X/user from data+payments, and Z users propose paying $XY, where $XYZ is more than sufficient to pay for the infrastructure and yield a tidy profit, why not do it?