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WhatsApp is a very simple application. I don't want to minimize what they did, because good interface design is hard to do, but it's just an instant messaging a
by Dudelander 4y ago
WhatsApp is a very simple application. I don't want to minimize what they did, because good interface design is hard to do, but it's just an instant messaging and voip client. You can message a maximum of 512 people on whatsapp. Barack Obama can message 133.3 million on twitter.
These technical challenges aren't even on the same planet.
- crote 4y agoAt the time of acquisition WhatsApp had a group size limit of 100 people. It also did not yet have: - Document sharing - Voice / video calls - End-to-end encryption - Read receipts - WhatsApp Web Still an impressive piece of engineering, but definitely a completely different beast.