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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by MattGaiser on Saturday June 26, 2021 @10:02AM (#27641930)
I don't think RAM conservation is high on anyone's list of initiatives to improve the world. The resource consumption of Electron is mostly of interest to computer scientists who like to see how small and efficient they can make something. But in this case, it does not really matter.
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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by ratww on Saturday June 26, 2021 @12:13PM (#27643106)
No. It also matters to the users of the laptop and to the people who have to buy it, as using too much RAM can lead to slowness due to swapping and can make older laptops unusable.

It's basically having a third-party forcing programmed obsolescence at your device.

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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by hulitu on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:37AM (#27642776)
> The resource consumption of Electron is mostly of interest to computer scientists who like to see how small and efficient they can make something. But in this case, it does not really matter.

It matters to sysadmins. Some people need to also work on the computer and when Teams uses all memory they will close it.

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