[A Noise Annoys]

My last contact on BBMe just cancelled their subscription. After a somewhat healthy 20 odd at the beginning, making it worth while, I'm now down to none.

I stuck around until the last possible minute.

Goodbye BBMe. Hello Signal!

[conite]

My last contact on BBMe just cancelled their subscription. After a somewhat healthy 20 odd at the beginning, making it worth while, I'm now down to none.

I stuck around until the last possible minute.

Goodbye BBMe. Hello Signal!

It does seem odd that one would pay for a service that is inferior to other free services.

[Chuck Finley69]

My last contact on BBMe just cancelled their subscription. After a somewhat healthy 20 odd at the beginning, making it worth while, I'm now down to none.

I stuck around until the last possible minute.

Goodbye BBMe. Hello Signal!

You found this surprising? People overwhelmingly choose to pay through various mediums including personal data or advertising. Although not truly free products, the customers aren’t ignorant or misinformed as many claim. An option for BBMe to monetize in different methods hurts platform acceptance. Not that in 2020/2021 that it would really matter.

[conite]

You found this surprising? People overwhelmingly choose to pay through various mediums including personal data or advertising. Although not truly free products, the customers aren’t ignorant or misinformed as many claim. An option for BBMe to monetize in different methods hurts platform acceptance. Not that in 2020/2021 that it would really matter.

That said, neither Signal nor Telegram has ads or monetizes data.

[Chuck Finley69]

That said, neither Signal nor Telegram has ads or monetizes data.

Which is pretty impressive feat. I know one has a large benefactor and I’m not sure how the other service pays for itself.

[conite]

Which is pretty impressive feat. I know one has a large benefactor and I’m not sure how the other service pays for itself.

Donations.

[Chuck Finley69]

Donations.

Even a more impressive feat if you stop and think about it.

[the_boon]

That said, neither Signal nor Telegram has ads or monetizes data.

And their developers make money...how?

[conite]

And their developers make money...how?

All costs are paid from revenues generated from seed money and donations.

Both said they would move to subscription fees before they would ever use ads or compromise user data.

[the_boon]

It does seem odd that one would pay for a service that is inferior to other free services.

I don't see how BBMe is that inferior in features

[howarmat]

I don't see how BBMe is that inferior in features

stickers man....all about the stickers!

[brookie229]

All costs are paid from revenues generated from seed money and donations.

Both said they would move to subscription fees before they would ever use ads or compromise user data.

Nice - I hate ads.

[the_boon]

stickers man....all about the stickers!

Lol no, but using PINs as opposed to phone numbers is terribly underrated.

[conite]

I don't see how BBMe is that inferior in features

No auto-message-self-destruct (timed messages aren't the same thing and don't count), encryption method not open-source or made available to audit, no bots, no channels, no social media features, etc.

[conite]

Lol no, but using PINs as opposed to phone numbers is terribly underrated.

Why is that a big deal? Telephone number is hidden from users - only Telegram or Signal has that data. What does BlackBerry have on you? - your Google Account, your payment info, etc.

If you are really worried that Signal may do something inappropriate with your phone number, despite the multitude of security audits that say otherwise, then take 5 minutes and use a virtual number, and use 2FA on the account.

[John Albert]

When would BlackBerry put BBMe on EOL?

[howarmat]

When would BlackBerry put BBMe on EOL?

Well for bb10 its gone after the 4th I think. So it depends on the numbers of other users out there and if its worth the $$$ they spend to keep it running

[the_boon]

Why is that a big deal? Telephone number is hidden from users - only Telegram or Signal has that data. What does BlackBerry have on you? - your Google Account, your payment info, etc.

If you are really worried that Signal may do something inappropriate with your phone number, despite the multitude of security audits that say otherwise, then take 5 minutes and use a virtual number, and use 2FA on the account.

Lol I'm not concerned about the apps having my phone number, but I just find it better to share a PIN instead with people.

[conite]

Lol I'm not concerned about the apps having my phone number, but I just find it better to share a PIN instead with people.

But you don't have to share a phone number with people to use Telegram for instance.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Well for bb10 its gone after the 4th I think. So it depends on the numbers of other users out there and if its worth the $$$ they spend to keep it running

And how much of it gets sold off with the patents, many of which were messaging based.

[2BFB47E4]

Welp.. OP, my condolences and GG's. Sadly BBM10 turned off too. I lost around 40 friends, currently searching ones.