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minus-squareIdontevenknowanymore@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt kills me when I download a simple app to my phone that’s 60 mb. When I was a child we built the world off 1.44 mb floppies. How did we stray so far from God’s light?
minus-squareTurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe Uber App on my phone is 1 GB!
minus-squareBlastboom Strice@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoEven 10years ago, I considered having an app over around 40mb to be huge, but now 60mb is kind of the norm
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIsn’t it about a web engine being roughly 60MB? 😕
minus-squareBlastboom Strice@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDo you mean by that that many apps are just website wrappers? Or did I get it wrong? Indeed many apps tend to be that, at least many of my apps are open source at least and they tend not to have trackers and other bloat😅
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think I was thinking about desktop apps when I answered, but I feel out of context now 😬
minus-squareBlastboom Strice@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOhhh, I was talking about android apps😆 Hmm, I havent checked much how big computer applications are on average
It kills me when I download a simple app to my phone that’s 60 mb. When I was a child we built the world off 1.44 mb floppies. How did we stray so far from God’s light?
The Uber App on my phone is 1 GB!
Even 10years ago, I considered having an app over around 40mb to be huge, but now 60mb is kind of the norm
Isn’t it about a web engine being roughly 60MB? 😕
Do you mean by that that many apps are just website wrappers? Or did I get it wrong?
Indeed many apps tend to be that, at least many of my apps are open source at least and they tend not to have trackers and other bloat😅
I think I was thinking about desktop apps when I answered, but I feel out of context now 😬
Ohhh, I was talking about android apps😆
Hmm, I havent checked much how big computer applications are on average