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> >4GB is only really meaningful for web browsers, compilers & interpreters, games and creative apps such as anything doing 3D, audio or large data processing.
by DaiPlusPlus 2y ago
> >4GB is only really meaningful for web browsers, compilers & interpreters, games and creative apps such as anything doing 3D, audio or large data processing.
Yes, but...
> web browsers
...includes Electron, Cordova/PhoneGap, WebView-based UIs, et cetera.
So yes, so long as software-houses uncritically jump on Electron as their platform-of-choice then all those apps will also ultimately be "web browsers" in disguise
...even a simple utility to flash an SD card[1] is a 150MB behemoth... I'm dying inside at this point.
[1]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.19.21 https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.19.21
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