Skiff co-founder and CEO Andrew Milich explains the startup's monetization strategy and why certain features remain free.
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“Like, we specifically don't want to put paywalls on things that will make you kind of have a better experience on day one on Skit. So, for example, our templates feature, which lets you kind of share and use anti-encrypted templates searching through anti-encrypted data, which some other products and privacy monetize, all of those are kind of just critical in migrating from any other product.”
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