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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by tantalor on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:13PM (#23217501)
> only a few KB in size, a single binary, and that same binary will work across 25 years of OS versions

A few kb for the binary + 20-40 gb for the OS with 25 years of backwards compatibility

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by saagarjha on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:14AM (#23220522)
The actual part of the OS providing that is a small fraction of the number you quoted.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by Decade on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:57PM (#23227600)
And if it weren’t for all that rest of the OS, the small fraction wouldn’t get the funding to survive to today.
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