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		mliker on May 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Natio... storing data for 1 billion users and maintaining consistency is a pain the butt operationally. Whatsapp isn't storing the data. If they are, they're spending hundreds of millions on servers for data they can't monetize easily without alienating all of its users.

shultays on May 3, 2016 [–]

It is just text records, I doubt it will take hundreds of millions, even at whatsapp levels

raverbashing on May 3, 2016 | [–]

No, a lot of pictures and audio messages as well go through Whatsapp

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