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Re:App sizes are out of control by Krunkel on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:49PM (#14905167)
Right? I just got a new phone that has 128 Gb of internal storage. 334 Mb app? no problem.
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Re:App sizes are out of control by MBCook on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @05:11PM (#14905374)
When it only has the functionality of a 20Mb app... it's a problem.

When EVERY app does the same thing? It's a problem.

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Re:App sizes are out of control by Krunkel on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @05:14PM (#14905411)
From that perspective, you have a very valid point.
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Re:App sizes are out of control by MBCook on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @05:19PM (#14905466)
It's really crazy. Overcast (my favorite podcast app) is under 10 MB because Marco cares about things like that.

Here's some of what's listed in the update list on my iPhone:

Chipotle is 92. The kindle app is 171 (perhaps the fonts?). The Amazon app (which is mostly a web view anyway) is 127.

Robocall blocker? 22. Verizon app? 160. An app for tracking streaks of achieving task? 65.

Slack is 123.

Clips? The Apple app for making little movies that includes a fair bit of art? Only 55. That makes sense.

Authy? To show 2-factor codes? 65!

Outside of games (which have a lot of assets) app sizes seem to have absolutely no correlation to what they actually do.

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Re:App sizes are out of control by katastic on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @09:42AM (#14910443)
That's cool that you can afford $500+ for a phone.

But the rest of us just want to use a phone with a couple apps. We can't afford phones like that, and high market-share apps shouldn't be designed for the top 1% of phones owners.

If Facebook wants people to use their shit, they can't design it solely for early-adopters.

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