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Re:Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? by lynndotpy on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:45PM (#46515699)
4kB is also the minimum file size on Linux, so I imagine a similar issue could exist on Android.
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Re:Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? by jeroenhd on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:53PM (#46517677)
The Gmail app on Android is 150MiB in size.

Android traditionally puts resources into a compressed archive, though, so by simply using an archive for storage, Google may be avoiding the 4k size problem.

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