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Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? (akr.am)
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[–] silvadinlabop@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TLDR: electron.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It also includes a copy of Google Chat and Meet apps for some reason

[–] silvadinlabop@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which are also electron. Wow, triple electron. So stupid.

I’m all-for web tech apps, but ffs use Tauri, Wails, or whatever else uses the OS level web component. (Which is gonna be chrome on windows anyway!)

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

WebView on Android is built into OS, so it's free space-wise, and it uses the existing Chrome app.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

260 MB on my phone