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#no-ads case studies

2 sourced case studies tagged #no-ads. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.

Consumer apps2 sources · 2 min

Cohost: an ad-free Twitter rival that ran out of money

A four-person nonprofit built a chronological, ad-free social network. It reached about 30,000 monthly users but never covered costs and shut down in 2024.

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Consumer apps5 sources · 2 min

Neeva: users would pay for ad-free search but wouldn't switch

Two ex-Google executives built a subscription search engine in 2019. Users would pay, but few would switch. Neeva shut its consumer product in 2023.

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