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From the FAQ: "How much does Inky cost? It's free!"

How are you planning to make money? Coz if you don't make money, then either you are going to sell my data (not acceptable), or you are going to shut down future development.

So again, how are you planning to make money?




Ads. It's pretty clear if you read their TOS[1] or Privacy Policy[2]. In particular from the privacy policy:

>Arcode displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click targeted ads meet the targeting criteria, such as a particular gender, age group and geographic area.

[1] http://inky.com/termsofuse.html [2] http://inky.com/privacypolicy.html


Seeing as how the former option is the current precedent in software, they are probably going to sell your data.

In my opinion, this is totally "acceptable," and even preferable: my personal information is abundant, and is infinitely and trivially "replicable." My money is incredibly scarce and finite. (And being righteously indignant is too expensive.)

Edit: Also, I agree with the general sentiment that this should be a native app, not this wrappered pseudo-web app thing.


Came here wondering the same thing. I think I will pass on this one.

Found this: http://us.linkedin.com/company/arcode

Looks like they are going to make their money by improving the email user experience.




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