Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app
by retrac on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @02:14PM
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> So, if app size is a problem, and over time, the problem is fixed by itself, why would you invest engineering resources into that ?
You are assuming apps won't scale larger over time. The old addage about software expanding to consume all available resources comes to mind. I remember thinking I'd never be able to fill my first 1 GB hard drive with software. And now it takes half that for the simplest things. As the bytes get cheaper we ration them less.
You are assuming apps won't scale larger over time. The old addage about software expanding to consume all available resources comes to mind. I remember thinking I'd never be able to fill my first 1 GB hard drive with software. And now it takes half that for the simplest things. As the bytes get cheaper we ration them less.