Your WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.comexternal-link ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months ago message-square62fedilinkarrow-up195
arrow-up195external-linkYour WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.com ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months ago message-square62fedilink
minus-square Magiccupcake ( @Magiccupcake@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoBut it’s text, an entire persons message history can be stored very cheaply. A million words is only 2MB. Most people are expexted to text less than 10 millions words in a lifetime. An entire persons lifetime message history is only 20MB, that’s trivial to store. If they want to charge to save media, thats fine, but text backups should be free
minus-square GenderNeutralBro ( @GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoDoes it have an option to back up only text, without images and other media? I don’t use WhatsApp, but my Signal backup is several gigs because of images and videos.
minus-square Tippon ( @Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoI’ve just checked. In the UK at least, you can choose to exclude videos from the backup, but not images.
minus-square zeroxxx ( @Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 months agoIn WhatsApp it is possible to back up only text and images, without video. Not modular enough though
minus-square zeroxxx ( @Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoWhatsApp bundles them together, that is the problem. Google does not know how to differentiate it.
But it’s text, an entire persons message history can be stored very cheaply.
A million words is only 2MB.
Most people are expexted to text less than 10 millions words in a lifetime.
An entire persons lifetime message history is only 20MB, that’s trivial to store.
If they want to charge to save media, thats fine, but text backups should be free
Does it have an option to back up only text, without images and other media?
I don’t use WhatsApp, but my Signal backup is several gigs because of images and videos.
I’ve just checked. In the UK at least, you can choose to exclude videos from the backup, but not images.
In WhatsApp it is possible to back up only text and images, without video. Not modular enough though
WhatsApp bundles them together, that is the problem. Google does not know how to differentiate it.