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		mynameisasdf on Feb 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rakuten to Buy Voice-Call App Maker Viber Something here doesn't make sense: - They can afford to spend $900m on a shitty app like this that no one uses but... - They pay the average 31 year old engineer in Tokyo (arguably the most expensive city in the world) a measly $66K http://jobtalk.jp/company/1527_earns.html - None of their international subsidiaries have any real traction (buy.com, play.com, kobo) Where is this money coming from?

gwilkes on Feb 14, 2014 [–]

Ok, so you don't use so no one uses it.

Tech salaries suck almost everywhere in Tokyo.

Doesn't matter if their international subsidiaries don't have great traction because domestically they do pretty well, that's where the money is coming from.

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