I really wonder what the true costs of running/maintaining a Twitter-clone per user would be. Is it anywhere close to a few dollars per month per user?
To me, it feels like it should be a tiny fraction of that, but perhaps my judgement is off?
I mean, compared to say youtube, you have to deal with short strings of text...
But if it were cheaper, wouldn't a lot more people be able to sign up too? At $5/month, it's almost what you pay for Netflix. It's probably more than most people pay for their bank accounts.
To me, it feels like it should be a tiny fraction of that, but perhaps my judgement is off?
I mean, compared to say youtube, you have to deal with short strings of text...