Medium-Hard Analyze Back-of-Envelope Estimation Multiple Choice

Why is Uber's location write QPS dramatically higher than Twitter's tweet write QPS?

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Answer Options

A Uber has more users

B Drivers send GPS updates every 4 seconds while Twitter users tweet once a day

C Uber uses a less efficient database

D Location data is larger than tweet data

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