WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers

Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by dunefox on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:24AM (#28987477)

Because it needs to be built, supported, etc.?

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by globular-toast on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:41AM (#28988337)

Does it? Dumbphones from 30+ years ago can still send SMS messages just fine with zero software updates. Maybe once a decade or so that could have been enhanced with longer messages, pictures etc. But overall the messaging problem really should have been solved by now.

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by dunefox on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:04AM (#28988615)

Yes, it does. SMS aren't encrypted. And messaging is closer to being solved than ever before. If you want to use a "dumbphone" with SMS you can do that.

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