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<div dir="auto">We saw this in slums in Kenya. They are used to dozens of NGOs coming and going every year, usually lasting only as much as their donor/grant money. When we launched a commercial WiFi service, we had to make a huge effort to convince people they actually had to pay for the service, and that we were there to stay, not just another NGO offering free stuff. <br />
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In essence, once you give something away for free, not even setting the expectation that it’s a “freemium” model, it’s very hard to get out of it. If you then claim your costs are way higher than what analysis work out, eyebrows raise way above the hairline.</div>
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Best,<br />
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Mike</div>
<div name="messageReplySection">On Oct 14, 2022 at 15:13 +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr>, wrote:<br />
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<blockquote type="cite">SpaceX was too generous early on and set expectations, and now seems to<br />
be moving to the other side of the spectrum in terms of their costs,<br />
with figures that seem, on the surface, unrealistic.<br /></blockquote>
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Could you please explain this last point?<br />
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-- Juliusz<br /></blockquote>
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