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Re:Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? by lenerdenator on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:09PM (#46517017)
For what it's worth, Outlook for iOS on my iPhone has an executable that weighs in at 368.8 MB.

Google needs to trim some stuff down.

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Re:Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? by mrweasel on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:33PM (#46518262)
Apple Mail on macOS is 16-30MB, so something is still clearly of.
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Re:Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? by lxgr on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @03:57PM (#46532602)
To be fair, Apple is the only developer in the world that can ship (cross-app) shared libraries on iOS, so they have a bit of an advantage.
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