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It's also a highly-simplified backend. No multisession (synchronization is hard), no back-end message history searching (search and graphs are hard). They took

by acchow 13y ago

It's also a highly-simplified backend. No multisession (synchronization is hard), no back-end message history searching (search and graphs are hard). They took a lot of shortcuts, which turned out really well for them. Simplification made for a very fast client and a low-latency, low-bandwidth protocol.

sentenza 13y ago
Being slim to deliver only essential functionality is one thing, but playing fast and loose with user data is not a shortcut that should be rewarded so lavishly.
- acchow 13y ago
  Whoops, I was probably confusing. I meant to say they got to $19bn with shortcuts that worked. A leaky DB is bad and reprehensible corner-cutting.
- Tloewald 13y ago
  Playing fast and loose with user data === entire android ecosystem.
1337biz 13y ago
So they have no ability to sniff through my messages on the server? That's not a bug that's a feature for me!
- yid 13y ago
  Not exposing a client-facing search service has no bearing on their ability to search through your messages on the server; they most assuredly can search through your messages.