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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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