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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by WhereIsTheTruth on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:25PM (#50382535)
300mb still is a lot
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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by odo1242 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:28PM (#50382579)
Well, Discord is a pretty complex app. It’s loading/caching images, subscribing to many chats at once, needs to be able to hop into a call at any time, and also renders (most) arbitrary Markdown.
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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by anthk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:53PM (#50382873)
Kopete did that under 100MB 15-20 years ago.
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