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There were a few articles with actual content on this topic covered on Daring Fireball in recent months. Not sure what this blog blurb is adding to the conversa
by ghostly_s 9y ago
There were a few articles with actual content on this topic covered on Daring Fireball in recent months. Not sure what this blog blurb is adding to the conversation.
1. https://sensortower.com/blog/ios-app-size-growth https://sensortower.com/blog/ios-app-size-growth
2. http://blog.timac.org/?p=1707 http://blog.timac.org/?p=1707
3. https://blog.halide.cam/one-weird-trick-to-lose-size-c0a4013de331 https://blog.halide.cam/one-weird-trick-to-lose-size-c0a4013...
- Xorlev 9y agoIt's a blog, the content doesn't have to be novel. That said, the author would improve the post by replicating your context links.
- trevor-e 9y agoYea, I wasn't trying to think too hard about the subject, I know there are many excellent posts out there already (like those linked above) that go into detail. I only wanted to show some actual download numbers to demonstrate how absurd it has become. Linking those other articles is a great idea, thanks for the feedback!
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- sehugg 9y agoThat second link about the FB app is hilarious. As an example, there are 3 copies of a 3.6 MB binary file used as part of an optical flow algorithm (likely for 360-degree videos) So it's not just that there's a bit of sloppy (or pragmatically careless) packaging, but there's just a lot of stuff in these apps.