There's no reason for software to be slow anymore

Re:There's no reason for software to be slow anymore by benj111 on Saturday August 22, 2026 @09:46AM (#49399704)

The point is, if I want to edit a text file, I don't need to use eclipse. I can use something that hasn't added loads of features. I don't need to use whatever Adobe product, I can use some paint app.

If I want to watch streaming videos, I don't have a choice about how I do that.

Fine Firefox is basically a bloated YouTube app. That doesn't change the fact that it is inefficient (from the pov of my CPU) for doing that.

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Re:There's no reason for software to be slow anymore by inigyou on Saturday August 22, 2026 @01:24PM (#49401745)

You aren't using NewPipe or yt-dlp+mpv?

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Re:There's no reason for software to be slow anymore by benj111 on Saturday August 22, 2026 @01:39PM (#49401915)

I don't really watch YouTube on my desktop. But the point still stands unless you have replacements for all the other websites.

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Re:There's no reason for software to be slow anymore by inigyou on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:30AM (#49408306)

If I want to edit a WindowBuilder file I have to use Eclipse.

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