wVery interesting to find out that these tech companies are making huge money in this pandemic, but not totally surprising though. Despite a massive decline in advertising spending, YouTube revenue rose to $3.8 billion this year from $3.6 billion last year. Facebook’s business is largely ad-based as well — and its revenue also rose to $18.7 billion as its users doomscrolled their way through the pandemic, even though several companies publicly boycotted the platform.
Meanwhile, Amazon doubled its profit as more people ordered delivery to their homes: $5.2 billion this quarter, from $2.6 billion last year. And Apple, which had many of its stores closed for chunks of the quarter, still made $11.25 billion in profit as people bought devices to entertain themselves.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348652/pandemic-earnings-antitrust-google-facebook-apple-amazonWhile the US economy is on the looming recession, those giant tech are the one who gets the most benefit out of the pandemic, regardless if there is a House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the market power of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google and the net effect is the tech antitrust hearing was good, actually. @Jating there’s really nothing surprising about this news because advertisers stopped spending in lifestyle and sports niche, but gaming and kids niche witnessed more spending so their books were always going to be balanced. Lastly people have consumed more videos in the wake of the pandemic, and video ads is the alternative way to earn more money for these social giants, hence if you had been studying the trends after covid began you too would not have been surprised about their revenues. Sources: https://www.primis.tech/insights/video-demand-supply-covid-19-era/https://www.primis.tech/insights/publishers-leverage-video-consumption-growth-during-lockdown/
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I'm super excited with the fact that Arsenal won the FA cup this year and my bet won, Auba is a great striker, I wish Arsenal would not sell him if a huge offer comes in place. Arteta first major cup, I'm glad we sacked Emery, if he was the one in charge Arsenal could have lost the game
Same with me, happy with the FA Cup results because my bet was right by choosing Arsenal. There is no doubt that Arsenal must defend Aubameyang for next season. Arteta's ability to lead Arsenal increasingly looks better, several strong teams defeated by Arsenal. I agree that if Emery leads the way, Arsenal will not necessarily win the FA cup this year. <...> Was it a good game? Seems like so-so from the stats and big chances.
i didn't watch it but a london derby like this one often provides good entertainment so i'm sure it was a decent match @Mcobian the problem with Emery was that he failed to unite Arsenal player’s, and on the other hand Arteta immediately worked on improving his relations with the squad, and that was a key difference between these two managers. @tomahawk9 initially it felt like Chelsea were going to win it, but then Aubameyang decided to step up and change the game and win the trophy for his club. Sources: https://www.football365.com/news/the-inside-stories-of-unai-emerys-downfall-at-arsenalhttps://onefootball.com/en/news/how-arsenal-have-evolved-under-arteta-30492624 |
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Resurrecting this topic from the shadows since the games will resume next week.
Before the pause is different than after the resume. Many teams changed completely and others became even better: Inter, ManU, Wolfsburg, Leverkusen, Sevilla, Wolves!
Well i can't believe that wolves are among those top 5 favorites to win the Europa League , the list based on the lowest odds are : Manchester United @2.6xx Inter milan @5.3xx Leverkusen @6.1xx Wolves @7.0xx Sevilla @7.8xx And the nearest event is between inter milan vs getafe on 5 August, the odds for inter to win the game at home are @1.9xx now , pretty nice price over there. What makes that odds quite high for inter hmm? Are they having bad records playing against Spanish Teams? I'm not sure. I think Manchester United odds is that low because it is assumed Manchester united have an easy run to the semi finals of the europa league. A 5-0 victory already as Lask means United are through to the quarter finals to face İstanbul Başakşehir / Copenhagen. Meanwhile Inter Milan have to go through Getafe first, before battling it out with another top gun in Leverkusen et al. Its going to be an interesting battle to the final, and it will be clearer who the favorites are once the next round of matches by August 10, 2020 @ampere I am considering to wager on a draw or a loss for Manchester United against LASK, because they’ll be fielding a weaker side, and most of the top player’s will either be rested or will be on the bench, hence a good opportunity to earn some easy money from this match. Also I can’t wait to see Inter Milan vs Manchester United, if it can happen because it’ll be really entertaining to see Lukaku play against his ex club. Sources: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-united-news-team-training-18700788https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ole-gunnar-solskjaers-plan-rotate-22453499 |
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Why did you choose Frank Rijkaard? Indeed, he has experienced training Barcelona for five years. For five years he has been a winner one UCL champion, twice a Spanish league champion, twice spanish super cup champion and one time the best coach. He was great in 2003-2008, but maybe this season will be different because I think the spanish league now has tighter competition between clubs.
If fan can choose a suitable coach for Barcelona then I will try to make my choice at Guardiola. He is one of the coaches who truly understand the philosophy of Barcelona game in this modern era and his success in the past has made him the best coach for several leagues. Spain, Germany, and England are some proof that he is able to provide positive things for the club and that is a champion. Maybe xavy is the future coach who is loved by many fans, and I like it too. But he has to gain more experience as the main capital to coach a club as big as Barcelona even though he is a former main player who gave Barcelona a lot of success. @BITCOIN4X I know that every Barcelona fan yet wishes that Pep comes back to restores their glory days, but it won’t be possible for this season because he’s yet under contract with Manchester City until 2021. Also next year I highly doubt that he’ll come back because I expect him to take a break, and as for as Xavi is concerned he’s yet not ready mentally to coach a club like Barcelona. Sources: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9384948/man-city-pep-guardiola-contract-barcelona/https://www.espn.in/football/barcelona/story/3658059/xavi-hernandez-im-not-ready-to-coach-barcelona-yet-despite-pep-guardiola-comparisons |
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The FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea will hodl on Saturday, 1st of August, 2020.
It is a match that gives lampard a shot at glory, and an opportunity to win the facup as a player and a coach, especially in His first year at Chelsea, while Arteta will be counting on the gunners to win the title and send them straight to the europa league, first chance at silverware for both managers, its gonna be one match to look out for.
one can expect good match this afternoon, last match of this season, and two teams from London Arsenal would seek Europe through this match and Chelsea already secured Champions league, but for both teams trophy is really important Chelsea quote is good, above 2.0, but i will play on goals, under2.5, which is almost the same quote, and IMO much safer turnout, will see @amprere if Chelsea win this fixture then it’ll be a dream ending for Lampard, who has successfully brought Chelsea to the finals without buying a single player this season, but then again nothing is guaranteed in football. Also Arsenal will be more motivated to win this final, because it’s the only way they’ll be able to play in Europa League next season, and earn that extra income that comes with playing in the Europa League. Sources: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fa-cup-prize-money-europa-league-chelsea-568706https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/01/jamie-redknapp-explains-chelsea-failed-complete-january-transfers-12162284/ |
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England will keep the winning combination for the first test match against Pakistan beginning on August 5th. This will surely be an interesting match to watch. Pakistan is a inconsistent team and with West Indies winning the first Test against England i hope Pakistan can give some resistance, i have not seen any Pakistan matches for a very long time and i am not aware of the team composition either and which batsman is their go to player and their bowlers are new and Wahab Riaz is back in the squad who is the only bowler i know. No one have seen any team performance recently except West Indies and England recently. There has been no cricket matches in past few months and cricket just resumed now. I agree that Pakistan is inconsistent team but i think they are far better then WestIndies. I hope we will see tight matches between the two nations. ^^ When playing red ball cricket Pakistan's record is not that bad in the English condition , at least they perform much better than other subcontinent teams. They always set up their long camps(practice match etc) in the England before any series, other subcontinent team especially Indians don't follow this formula seriously due to workload.
@JSRAW while in the past Pakistan may have been able to perform better in England because they used to arrive early like you said, but this time they have no match practice, and England player’s have already played a series and therefore they’ll be fitter and sharper than Pakistan’s player’s. Further I’ll once again wager some small bets on England to win the first test match and the series too, but I’m also interested to know if anyone here is taking a risk and wagering on Pakistan to win the first test match?. |
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I am not sure how many TikTok users are there on this forum, but I had never downloaded this app due to privacy concerns. Also many people are not happy with Trump’s move to ban this app, but I feel that they do not yet understand how their privacy has been invaded, and why it’s best for everyone if this app is banned for good. Furthermore I’m keen to know your views regarding this app would you yet use it knowing very well that your privacy is being invaded, or you’ll uninstall it and reclaim your privacy?.
“We’re looking at TikTok," Trump said earlier Friday. "We may be banning TikTok. We may be doing some others things,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday morning. “We are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to TikTok.”
While TikTok is largely seen as an app for young people, it tracks phone locations and users’ metadata, like many apps, and China has a demonstrated appetite for Americans’ personal data. TikTok has also faced repeated accusations of censoring content unappetizing to Beijing, prompting fears that the app’s popularity serves as an extension of China’s influence.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-may-force-tiktok-sell-its-u-s-operations-n1235525?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot |
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China is currently gaining control of world shipping, mining of gold and other minerals, pharmaceuticals, farming in the US and other countries, tech manufacturing and several other areas of economic importance. He sees the failure of debts by countries who borrowed from China as a weakness, but in fact they are being used to gain strategically important land in countries around the world. The ownership of the port of Piraeus in Greece is one example of this.
China dont have much minerals. USA is minerals extremely rich. That is why China invested so much in Africa. To secure minerals there for their industry. China cant compete with NATO in navy. That is what they started Silk road project. When Silk road will totally function it will be pointless to control World seas. China will be able to import from Africa, Europe and Asia to fulfil demands of biggest world economy. But China will not be nr.1 for long. Soon India will raise to power. China population will age and reduce in next 50 years time. India youth will prevail. China is doing some big game and investing some good amount in Africa and Asia its going to turn things for them as Silk road is really big project recently they have control of few countries ports which is also going to help them if someone feel their future is not good then I am feeling its only day dreaming nothing else Africa and few Poor Asian countries are going to be vital for their good and bright future on other hand Indian future is uncertain after Modi regim as he is doing really poor policies which are killing their bright future hope. @Jet Cash I’m not sure if you have read President Xi road map for China or not, because he has planned to turn China into a global player by 2050, and this can only mean one thing that he intends to extend China’s territory’s. Furthermore in recent days China has claimed territory’s in Bhutan, and has even faced off with the Indian army, and I fear that this is just the start unless the new alliance between US, and other country’s can stop them before they expand ahead. Sources: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/xi-jinping-lays-out-plan-to-make-china-a-global-superpower-by-2050https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/chinese-claims-in-bhutan-incursion-in-india-are-indicative-of-their-intentions-pompeo/articleshow/77275802.cmshttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/lawmakers-in-eight-countries-form-new-alliance-to-counter-china/articleshow/76233410.cms |
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Discussions about the return of spectators continue. What is maybe more interesting (for me): Who will get tickets ? I think the authorities and DFL would be more happy, to give the tickets to sponsors, officials, families etc. and not to the hardcore fans, because they are more likely to not follow any Corona rules. But can you imagine what happens, if Schickeria doesn't get any tickets for Bayern games ? There will be a civil war  And the clubs would surely want their hardcore fans in the stadium to not have an atmosphere like you have in a lot of english stadiums. But they are dangerous for this whole concept  If they give them understandable reasons….  You cannot please anybody anyway. Either way, this will be an interesting discussion. Who will they let in and who won't. There is only one way for me to solve tickets problem. You designate 10% to sponsors, another 10% to players, then you give 20% to the hardcore fans supporting the club and put the remaining 60% into free market. This 60% will probably need to be drawn in some way because there will be much more interest than available tickets, something like world cup games for instance. You can play around with percentages a bit but you have to allocate a fixed amount of tickets for groups mentioned above and put the majority of tickets on free market. @Trofo you’re underestimating the passion of Bundesliga's fans, and hence when you say that the officials can only give away 20% tickets to the hardcore fans do you really think that the rest of them will quietly accept this decision, hell no they'll come on the streets and demand that tickets be issued to them too. Lastly in my personal opinion the only way they can solve this problem is by allowing the fans to attend the matches virtually, because this is the only way to satisfy all the fans. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ygJzepfhASource: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/dortmund-bayern-bundesliga-attendances-and-fan-experience-the-best-around-463839.jsp |
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Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.
I think you're wrong. China has also canceled all tennis tournaments this year and many other tennis tournaments are questionable, even in Europe. The UK has also introduced quarantine for visitors from Spain, restrictions on borders are expected to be tightened in the autumn and all this will have a very bad effect on the tennis season. It is absolutely true that not only in the US is the big concern related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it turns out that in some Asian and European countries the same is true.Some tennis tournaments must be postponed, therefore fans of tennis are simply made stressed by the current conditions. Hopefully the vaccine can be found soon, so we can enjoy a normal life again. And not only tennis tournaments are now affected by the corona virus, but other sports experience the same thing. I can understand what everyone here is feeling as a tennis fans because at one hand we’re eagerly wishing to see our favourite stars in action, and on the other hand we don’t want them to be infected by this virus too. Furthermore I believe that these stars also need to think for their families before coming to US, and at this stage we should support their decision irrespective of whether they’re participating or backing out of the tournament. Sources: https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/more-will-follow-barty-out-of-open-murray-c-1207127https://au.sports.yahoo.com/tennis-news-novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-boycott-us-open-003637451.html |
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Sergio Perez is being tested for COVID-19 for second time.
He keeps himself in isolation ulti the results come out.
If he will be positve then we are going to probably see the Calendar being postponed for at least 15 days...
And his second Covid-19 test was positive: https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/53601564But they aren't going to postpone race because of this. Almost 2 weeks passed since last race and Perez didn't had contact with staff and other drivers recently. He will be replace by Stoffel Vandoorne or Esteban Gutierrez. When season is so short, every missed race can affect position in drivers championship seriously... @LTU_btc yea the race is on and it makes no sense to cancel it because there’s very limited time now, and further no one else seems to be effected because of him so it’s fine if they continue with this race. I think they will let Hulkenburg drive the next two races. Perez have to be at least 10 days in quarantine so will also miss next weekend. @dre1982 according to this article (link below) Hulkenberg paid a visit to Racing Point Silverstone factory, and they believe that his name will be announced as the driver who’ll replace Sergio for the upcoming race.
According to reports from Motorsport.com and Racer, Racing Point is leaning towards the German’s services this weekend. The Racer reports that Hulkenberg visited Racing Point’s Silverstone factory for a seat fit on Thursday. Allegedly, the team could potentially announce Nico Hulkenberg as Perez’s replacement on Friday morning.
Source: https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-nico-hulkenberg-reportedly-set-to-replace-sergio-perez-at-racing-point-f1-for-the-british-grand-prix/ |
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I was just reading an article saying that Barca will have about 15 first players ready for Napoli game and then went googling a bit. They are missing Vidal and Busquets to red/yellow cards. Arthur refuses to play since they are kicking him out of the club. Braithwaithe is not registered and Dembele, Umtiti & Arajuho are injured. They still have respective first 11 but they are awfully thin before very important games. Furthermore, those games will be played every few days and Barca will probably have big problems with fitness. Add to that all that discontent in dressing room and I am not seeing them getting far.
@Trofo I don’t think that Barcelona can win because the player’s are unhappy under Setien (coach), and further the board has done absolutely nothing to solve their frosty relations with barca player’s, and this has even led many people to believe that Messi will quit Barcelona in 2021. Furthermore you’re right that if few injuries do takes place then Barcelona will have to field player’s who have very little experience, and that too will do more harm to their chances of winning the champions league. Sources: https://www.espn.in/football/barcelona/story/4124224/barcelona-boss-setiens-relationship-with-players-strained-sourceshttps://www.sport.es/en/news/barca/theres-tension-between-the-barcelona-players-and-the-catalan-clubs-board-7658127https://www.thescore.com/chlg/news/1982130 |
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Only way Sarri could keep his job in Turin after the summer is if he wins the Champions League, but that ain't happening so, chop chop Sarri, better start job hunting lol Final Match Day looks tough but delicious. I'm going to consider Inter/Milan/Roma/Lazio. Totally nothing to fight for anymore except a bit more money. Inter and Atalanta both have Europe but I think Atalanta will rest more people. What do you think?
I went for something similar in the last day of EPL, all favs to win, but of course there was a team ready to screw me over (a team who also messed up your big parlay, remember? masterclass from Mou and his bois ) i've got a feeling one of those teams you listed is gonna shit the bed and mess up everyone's bet slips, million dollar question is "who?" hmm, I'm planning on going for a few big parlays in the last Matchweek, prolly two, one for Saturday and the other one for the Sunday matches Juventus lost again what a shame... this Juventus has no chance next week with Lyon.
Maybe is better they will go out with Lyon than with Manchester City losing with 5 goals.
Will not say it is 100% defeat vs Lyon but performing like that will not let them go too far in Champions League. And lol at the 5 goals which is possible indeed if they will face City!
I think you're exaggerating after all.
This match meant nothing to Juventus and they played without motivation and desire.
The match with Lyon is a completely different story and they will do their best there.
The European Champions League is the "holy grail" of every club and player in Europe and the players in that competition always play to the maximum, at 120%.
There is no chance of losing 5 goals difference from Manchester City, it will be a completely uncertain match.
After all, who says Manchester City is the favorite in that match, they had a weak season in England.
@Daniel91 you’re absolutely correct as Juventus had nothing to play for in this match as they had already won the title, therefore I’m really surprised that so many members here decided to play on a team that had zero reasons to win this match. Furthermore they may even face Real Madrid so let’s not hype Man City too much, but before you’ll discount Juventus chances of winning let me remind you’ll that Ronaldo can change the match anytime he wishes, so I would not really rule them out unless he’s deemed unfit to play. |
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So anyway, I made a very risky parlay (or risk free I guess), put it all on Atalanta and Inter to win a couple of days ago. It won:) so 60 MBTC became 113 MBTC (real money). I have to admit it's my biggest single bet as I would never risk that much money on my own!
Withdrew yesterday and processed with no problems (but you have to confirm in email).
@slman29 that’s a nice win and did you do some research about Atlanta, or it was just a gut feeling that made you bet on them?. Shutting Invincible Jackmate down.
Hey dear community, sorry for taking your time once again.
As you already know we've been running Invincible Jackmate for Champions League Playoffs.
However, after corona (covid 19 - we hate you, lol) affected the world of football,
especially the formats of the leagues. Our team has decided to shut it down,
as it gets impossible to adapt the infostructure to the existing format of the games.
👇 NOTICE 👇
All the players with the on-going winning streaks will be credited their prizes on their accounts.
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Team FJ
@FortuneJack I guess someone had earlier posted about the possibility of Jackmate being cancelled, and honestly I don’t think anyone here will be complaining because it’s actually very difficult to keep up with the changes, however please do consider retaining majestic 7 for next season’s premier league. |
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I’m not sure if you’ll saw the latest news posted by New York Times or no, but since it’s related to this thread I have decided to post it here rather than create a new topic for it. According to New York Times Aliens are probably real, and they have even claimed that the US government has been secretly conducting experiences on the things left by them. This sensational news report once again brings up the tricky question, are Aliens real and if they’re why is the US government hiding this fact from the world?.
Eric W. Davis, an astrophysicist who worked as a subcontractor and then a consultant for the Pentagon U.F.O. program since 2007, said that, in some cases, examination of the materials had so far failed to determine their source and led him to conclude, “We couldn’t make it ourselves.”
Mr. Davis, who now works for Aerospace Corporation, a defense contractor, said he gave a classified briefing to a Defense Department agency as recently as March about retrievals from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”
Mr. Davis said he also gave classified briefings on retrievals of unexplained objects to staff members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Oct. 21, 2019, and to staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee two days later.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/new-york-times-casually-drops-another-story-about-how-a-1844491014 |
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Don't worry guys, I've just heard that they are going to pass a law to force all cats to obey social distancing rules, and to wear paw coverings.
Any cat that disobeys will be deemed to be a pussy.
LOL. I did see in the beginning of all of this COVID madness that no one knew if animals could get it. At first they were saying dogs could, then they couldn't, then they could again,then some animals at the Bronx Zoo tested positive -- then who the hell knows now. Just ya know -- keep your animal in your house or walk them. Not sure where they'd be able to be the ones who get and transmit COVID. The only way they'd be getting an illness is from THEIR OWNER. Cats with masks might keep the inside of their masks clean. But can you imagine what the inside of a dog's mask would look like?  @Jet Cash just when I was thinking that I would not be seeing any more weird/bad news in 2020, I read your thread and face palmed myself because this is really absurd. Also I’m not sure about you’ll but I have tried N95 masks, and the cloth masks and both made me feel claustrophobic, and I had to remove them while on road to get my breath back. Now if the same thing happens with cats how will they remove it?, therefore I hope that the government will revoke this law soon. |
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One of the dirtiest things in the world is money. Each bill has been handled by thousands of people. So, the government will state that money is spreading Covid. They will require you to turn in your $dollars. All the big stores will go along with them and not accept money any longer. Your money will be replaced by an electronic system... maybe a debit card, or maybe they will chip you, or maybe it'll simply be a barcode on your forehead or in your hand. Less chance for you to spread Covid. This is coming starting 2021. @BADecker basically what you’re suggesting is that the governments will do a demonetisation of their currency’s, but I don’t think that it’s possible to do it under current circumstances. However what the governments can do is urge people to spend Digital money more instead of paying in cash, but then again I don’t expect them to strictly enforce this decision on their citizens. Source: https://groww.in/blog/countries-that-have-tried-demonetization-in-the-past/ |
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Today, I opened my account of Freebitco.in and I saw that there is a popup message show that if I will allow the notification I will receive $200 daily. Then, I clicked allow but there's nothing happen, unfortunately I wasn't able to capture a screenshot. But I just want to make it clear here if what was that about.
Well, I guess no one will refuse if someone gives you $200, most especially if that has come from the most trusted gambling site.
You mean this ?  Dang you are so gullible Obviously thats a marketing strategy to allow the site to send you notification, pretty sure that there wont be any site that will ever send you $200 for just allowing this. Instead of giving away $200 every hour, this actually means you get the CHANCE to win $200 every hour and that chance is slim. There is no such thing as free money in this world @ReiMomo that’s called push notifications when you subscribe to it, Freebitco can then send you reminders every now and then to come back to the site or about any promotional events that they’re having on the site. Source: https://buildfire.com/what-is-a-push-notification/Doesn't freebitco.in have its own mobile app, especially on the Playstore? But now that I tried to search, something like this came out. Just an impostor, am I right?  The only thing I use as an app is added to the home screen from the mobile browser. @Text, Freebitco.in never had their app and haven't said anything that they are planning to launch it, so this one is unofficial. And I would be very careful with such kind of apps and don't enter your login details there because it may be phishing app. Offcourse, it may app just made in order to get referrals Any way, if you look at other app uploaded by this dev, I wouldn't call them trusted. https://bit.ly/39zrNAE
Yes, that's from a third-party. FBC doesn't feature ads at all and is already responsive on mobile devices.
You'd come across those fake Moon faucets too and they're spammed with ads on top of the existing ones.
@Text as others have rightly said there is no freebitco app, and considering that their site loads very fast on mobile I don’t think that they’ll ever launch an app, and further we all should report that fake app and make sure no one else falls for this fake app. |
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