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I think the concern OP has is why a lot of the updates are so large. I use signal desktop and the UI hasn't changed in years. It begs the question what those 10

I think the concern OP has is why a lot of the updates are so large. I use signal desktop and the UI hasn't changed in years. It begs the question what those 100mb are and whether it's actually necessary.

sumuyuda 2y ago
I believe the Signal desktop app is an electron app. That’s probably why the updates are so big, has to update the bundled browser.
- fisf 2y ago
  Yes, but that is a choice. It doesn't have to do that. Because, instead of "trusting" the update (or rather codebase) of a messenger, we now have to trust the complete browser bundle.
  - Guthur 2y ago
    They don't have to, but question was why it takes 100mb and you got the answer. You may additionally ask why Electron, but that's a different question after all.
  - wruza 2y ago
    That’s only formally a choice. In reality, you’ll depend on some delivery system (among many other systems) that is a part of some build/dev system that is a part of a job market conjuncture. And all of that is completely out of your control and competence budget, unless you’re fine with shipping your first 50kb updates ten (metaphorical) years later.
sudahtigabulan 2y ago
> the UI hasn't changed in years. It begs the question what those 100mb are and whether it's actually necessary. Signal desktop doesn't use incremental updates. Each "update" is just reinstalling the whole package. That's what those 100 MB are. It's possible to make incremental updates with binary patches, but it's more difficult. I guess Signal have other priorities.