Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b...
by layer8 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @11:40AM
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This is part of the criticism, though: There is no inherent need for the software to become slower (and less efficient). Throwing the hands up on that front just means we’ll eternally keep churning, in the name of “progress”.
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Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b...
by Gigachad on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:45PM
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I think you are forgetting what phone apps 10 years ago looked like and the features they had. It’s not useless bloat that’s slowing them down, it’s the addition of actual features people like and take advantage of.
Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b...
by naravara on Friday April 14, 2023 @01:02PM
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Even aside from the good point Gigachad also made, it's not really under Apple's control to make web and app developers be more efficient. People just develop and scope for the power envelope the hardware can provide. It would be great if they optimized for cutting bloat, but they just don't and there's nobody with the ability to dictate that they do.
App review processes are already opaque and inconsistent enough with fairly straightforward rules around what is and isn't around. I don't think devs are going to like it if Apple starts getting opinionated about how you're doing indexing on your SQL.