News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:The average iOS app released today is 31.3 MB (and other ... by earino on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:37AM (#11759187)
good lord that's a lot of megabytes. i hadn't noticed this bloat until i downgraded to a very inexpensive android phone. it functions fundamentally perfectly except for the 8 gigs of storage. 31 megs is a massive amount of storage!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The average iOS app released today is 31.3 MB (and other ... by erkose on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:42AM (#11759199)
More interesting would be an analysis to determine the reason for the trending bloat.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The average iOS app released today is 31.3 MB (and other ... by mightyshane on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:57AM (#11759463)
In a previous post, we found that apps now have on average 16.4 SDKs, which could have something to do with it.

https://blog.mightysignal.com/new-app-report-2b2c686da209#.9...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The average iOS app released today is 31.3 MB (and other ... by payne92 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:42AM (#11760087)
Yow, my first hard drive was 40mb. And cost $425 (present dollars, probably $1000)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The average iOS app released today is 31.3 MB (and other ... by fulldecent on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:30AM (#11760995)
iOS Swift Hello world is basically 20 MB.
[ Parent | on HN ]