Ask HN: Data efficient protocol for mobile app?

1 pointsby mmrasheedabout 10 years ago

We are designing an information sharing app (news and Q&A) targeting a developing country. One of the major turning off for the users is the cell phone data expense. Which protocol do you recommend for this scenario?

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subv3rsionabout 10 years ago

Apache Thrift (<a href="https://thrift.apache.org/" rel="nofollow">https://thrift.apache.org/</a>) or Protocol Buffers (<a href="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/" rel="nofollow">https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/</a>).