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> What happens when one peer doesn't have internet access for a moment and a snapchat is delivered at that moment? The video will be on the sender's device unt
by dev_throw 7y ago
> What happens when one peer doesn't have internet access for a moment and a snapchat is delivered at that moment?
The video will be on the sender's device until the recipient confirms that they have received a 100%. So this prevents a phone storage clogging situation.
> The infrastructure forces my phone to instantly download the content, because no one is paying for storage of it before it gets routed to me right?
Yeah, that would be accurate. There could be intermediaries that charge low prices to cache snaps for you so you didn't have to download it ASAP, but that would negate the ephemeral nature built into Snapchat)