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>I see it all the time on HN, e.g. people bitching about the amount of RAM Electron apps take and the like. Who cares? The average user certainly doesn't. It i

>I see it all the time on HN, e.g. people bitching about the amount of RAM Electron apps take and the like. Who cares? The average user certainly doesn't. It is our job to care so non IT people don't have to.

Entinel 4y ago
To a degree yes but acting like anything that uses <500MB of RAM is a disaster goes beyond what is a reasonable concern in my opinion.
- gnabgib 4y ago
  I think you got your greater than sign the wrong way around? Consider a lot of non-tech people don't constantly upgrade, and still rock 4GB systems, at least an eighth of that resource is a big ask for a sloppy app (unless it is the only app they use on the device).
  - smaudet 4y ago
    A 1GB system should be sufficient, and apps should be less than 100MB. For games etc yes 32GB+ is fine but we went the wrong way thinking what we have is acceptable.
  - Entinel 4y ago
    Yeah my sign is the wrong way. My bad.