The only way to reduce software bloat is to uninstall bloated software and replace it with non-bloated software.
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2025
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ahahahaha nice one, this one got me xD
OP is the optimistic type
Do people really use that much Ram with normal use? Like I rarely even fill my 16gb, even with gaming, etc. I mean I just don’t leave 16 tabs open in a browser because that feels really disorganized. And I turn my computer off every night and start fresh every day
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If you've ever watched cinema sins (or related videos), hahaha hahahaha...haha (no offense meant but it did make me do that laugh in my head is all)
Mean I wish it would but programmers aren't going to be more memory efficient due to hardware prices unfortunately.
The laugh was in good nature, not laughing at you but the concept of a company being efficient for hardware costs, mean technically I guess games were otherwise we'd wait a half hour for a render but for the most part as long as it works without that half hour render it's probably fine with settings adjustments.
They'll just make things with current specs in mind for longer...well once they realize people can't afford better hardware.
Don't blame programmers, they are (generally) nerds who would spend more time optimising than developing if allowed. The problem is companies want speed in development, that's why you get electron apps- you build it once and deploy on web, mobile and desktop. Who cares if they hog GBs of RAM
Source: my professional experience
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Misaligned incentives. The people making bloated software are not the people buying the RAM. In theory the people buying the ram are the same people buying the software and so might put pressure on the people making the software to make it more efficient, but that is a very loose feedback loop and I wouldn't hold my breath.
All it will do is make Microsoft even more desperate to push all their remaining customers into using cloud services and paying monthly subscription fees for everything, because even the customers they care about (not you, maybe the corporation you work for) won't be buying new PCs for a while.
Maybe in gaming is where we will see it first, before other software and webapps.
If the DRAM shortage is long and protracted, perhaps more dumb appliances will make their return, but that's just a pipe dream of mine.
Sometimes I also think there is no one competent left at Microsoft anymore but they still have their flight sim team so I guess that's something.
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Just like the early days of programming when you really had to manage your memory, often down to the last bit. Those were the days when programming was more difficult. Now it's mostly just point and click for middle-schoolers.
I'm presuming you know nothing about programming because this is complete and utter nonsense.
Well, the point and click part was a bit extreme. Still true in some rare cases, but actual programming still requires a keyboard.
However the RAM thing is interesting. Haven't actually written any code in the 70's and 80's, but what I've heard from people who did, RAM was a huge bottle neck. Well, pretty much everything was. Even the bandwidth between your terminal and the mainframe was a bottle neck that made you suffer.
Back in those days, programmers were painfully aware of the hardware limitations. If you wanted your code to run within a reasonable amount of time, you absolutely had to focus on optimizing it.
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