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		saagarjha on Dec 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A former Uber engineer's disaster story I assume that the constraints placed on the Android team are much higher, as that market seems like it would be much more sensitive of app sizes.

lern_too_spel on Dec 10, 2020 [–]

That is true, but what specifically is the iOS app getting in that extra quarter gigabyte? What couldn't they throw away to get under 200 MB at all?

saagarjha on Dec 10, 2020 | [–]

I honestly have not been provided with a good answer beyond "we just didn't spent resources to do it".

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