> Meanwhile, the expenses required to host and review these apps are in the tens of millions, not billions of dollars. We know that because we at Telegram host and review more public content than the App Store ever will.
That’s some hyperbole from Telegram. How big is the App Store engineering and review team? I don’t know, but one report had at least 300 reviewers alone[1]. Add devops, engineering, management...this is easily a team of 500 people, almost certainly more. And then you’ve got to add hardware and opex costs.
Does Telegram seriously believe a team of that size costs “tens of millions”? Because I’ve never seen a project of that size and complexity come in at that level.
That’s some hyperbole from Telegram. How big is the App Store engineering and review team? I don’t know, but one report had at least 300 reviewers alone[1]. Add devops, engineering, management...this is easily a team of 500 people, almost certainly more. And then you’ve got to add hardware and opex costs.
Does Telegram seriously believe a team of that size costs “tens of millions”? Because I’ve never seen a project of that size and complexity come in at that level.
[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/21/how-apples-app-review-proces...