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Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by dr__mario on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:46AM (#42364194)
> When was the last time you felt your smartphone really couldn’t cope?

A couple of weeks ago using Obsidian in an iPhone SE (3rd gen). And I've switched to an iPhone 16 and it's definitely way more fluid (even for browsing).

There is clearly some kind of rat race: more raw power available, less time spent by devs in optimizations (and I guess the PRO to that CON would be less time to market). I'm not sure how to feel about all this, but there are definitely situations of phones that can't keep up.

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Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by 1propionyl on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:47AM (#42364197)
It's called Parkinson's Law.
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Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by aucisson_masque on Monday December 09, 2024 @04:31AM (#42364443)
Obsidian is unoptimized. I used it for years on computer, iphone and Android, it always takes longer to open then native app.

At the core it's a capacitor app.

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