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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by arcticbull on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:54AM (#30443153)
> I’d like to approach this differently, and think about what it would have cost United Airlines to do it “the right way”, versus what value it brings them.

For a 5-screen 50MB app, sure. For a 5-screen 500MB app that falls pretty flat.

[edit] You could fit all of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 or Final Fantasy VII for PS2 in the same amount of space.

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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by throw10920 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:08PM (#30443370)
Exactly - badness of waste is non-linear. An application that's 4x as large as necessary is more than twice as bad as one that's 2x as large as necessary.

A candy bar which is 5% packaging and 95% candy by mass is alright. A candy bar which is 50% packaging and 50% candy is horrifying.

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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by fennecfoxen on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:52PM (#30444011)
It's not that scary.

https://www.sugarfina.com/valentines-day-mini-candy-trunk

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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by fennecfoxen on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:23PM (#30449844)
... It looks like this link died a short while after I posted it so have the non-holiday equivalent: https://www.sugarfina.com/design-your-own-9-piece-mini-candy...
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by andai on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:02PM (#30443275)
Windows 95 required 4MB of RAM and 50-55MB of disk space.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by Krustopolis on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:16PM (#30443499)
And sucked.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by anthk on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:34PM (#30443767)
Windows 2000 was much more stable and yet the install was far less than a GB. On RAM, with 128 MB was pretty snappy.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by barbecue_sauce on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:15PM (#30444318)
Ahem, FFVII and THPS2 are Playstation One (PSX) games.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by anthk on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:37PM (#30444602)
You could fit a good chunk of N64 zipped ROMs under a 700MB (a CD).

An emulator and Mario 64, Zelda OOT, ISS and 40 games more could be placed under a CD and yet you could fit a good bunch of MP3's in between.

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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by arcticbull on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @02:15PM (#30445032)
The shame, lol. Your feedback is well deserved.
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