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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by pydry on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @08:32AM (#43972199)
>No user actually wants abundance.

No, all users just want the few programs which they themselves need. The market is not one user, though. It's all of them.

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by skydhash on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @08:55AM (#43972407)
But each vendor only develop a few software and generally supports only three platforms -/+ one. It’s so damning when I see projects reaching out for electron, when they only support macOS and Windows. And software like Slack has no excuse for being this slow on anything other than latest gen cpu and 1gb internet connection.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by pydry on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:54AM (#43973648)
slack is shit along all sorts of dimensions (not just speed and bloat) because you're not the customer.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by bluGill on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @09:04AM (#43972495)
Users only want 5% of the features of the few programs they use. However everyone has a different list of features and a different list of programs. And so to get a market you need all the features on all the programs.
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