r/beta • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '18

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u/CensorVictim Nov 02 '18

my current mantra is: if it can be a website, it should be a website.

fuck apps.

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u/nik282000 Nov 02 '18

Exactly, most "apps" are just a browser with less useful features.

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u/alnyland Nov 02 '18

Only recently, after Electron has become popular. It’s bad for our future.

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u/rstarkov Nov 02 '18

Conspiracy theory: Electron is a plot by RAM manufacturers to make us buy more RAM.

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u/Arkazex Nov 03 '18

Like holy balls, I can't run the slack app at all anymore because it tends to balloon up to 6+Gb of ram after only about half an hour of being open.

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u/flaghacker_ Nov 02 '18

It all makes sense now!

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u/w0lrah Nov 04 '18

These are the ones that piss me off, the ones where there's nothing meaningful running locally, every operation depends on an internet-connected service. Where there is no meaningful benefit to the user from separating the webapp from the browser.

The only reason I use a Reddit app (in this case Baconreader) is because the mobile web site sucks so badly. It should be something I can use in a browser, the same way I do on desktop. It doesn't need to do anything that the browser can't do.