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As I understand it, they centralized Skype because mobile phones couldn't be supernodes. (Not defending it, just explaining it.)
by dietrichepp 11y ago
As I understand it, they centralized Skype because mobile phones couldn't be supernodes. (Not defending it, just explaining it.)
- 0x0 11y agoAnd it would have been impossible to #ifdef out the supernode code in the mobile apps?
- wmf 11y agoIt's not quite that; phones can't even be classic Skype clients because holding a TCP connection open on mobile either doesn't work or drains battery. So they switched to using push messaging for incoming calls/messages, but AFAIK Apple/Google won't let random machines send push messages.