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Skype example proves exactly the opposite: the main reason they had to switch back to a centralized setup is because as mobile became a more dominant usage scen

Skype example proves exactly the opposite: the main reason they had to switch back to a centralized setup is because as mobile became a more dominant usage scenario P2P became untenable. Supernodes had to serve quite large and -- worse -- constant traffic which kept them alive (draining battery and consuming data).

vilhelm_s 11y ago
Yeah, that's why I was saying that Uber (mobile) might be different from the original Skype (PCs).
wskinner 11y ago
From the article, it seems this is not a true p2p architecture. It's more of a hub and spoke model, with each phone connected to the cloud, but not to other phones.