To quote https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537828 > This is likely another layer of security that they didn'

To quote https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537828 > This is likely another layer of security that they didn't break through: > To prevent chat apps from consuming lots of bandwidth typically your connection is severely bandwidth restricted until you pay. If they didn't then someone could simply stream movies from their chat apps.