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    I really do want to know though (lemmy.world)
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    [–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I also enjoy needing to download 1GB to update a 14MB program

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    The race never stopped. You buy an Apple II. It works for a while. Then everyone is running Lotus 1-2-3 so you gotta get an expensive 386. Now Windows 3.1 and 95 is the standard, and you need Internet too so you buy a modem and a Pentium machine for a couple grand. It's okay for a while. Then downloads take longer and longer, and your computer gets slower again, so you upgrade to 6mbps cable internet and an AMD athlon/Pentium 4, and Windows XP. It's okay for a while. But then games and software no longer fit on a CD ROM. They're using DVDs, and the space they take up on your HD is approaching tens of GB. Suddenly you need to upgrade to 25mbps internet and a terabyte drive to keep up with the space requirements and updates/service packs. You're on a multi core CPU now because nobody fucking optimizes shit anymore and assumes you have the horsepower to deal with it. Then they get rid of physical media altogether. Now you're stuck downloading a fucking several hundred gigabyte game or piece of software on a 100+mbps connection to do largely the same shit we did on that Apple II in 1980. Your system RAM alone can now hold all software ever made for that Apple II with plenty room to spare.

    I get why a lot of retirees in the industry want to burn their computers and take up farming.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

    I want to do that, but not because of Flatpak. That's incredibly far down the list of things I find offensive in my professional life. At the very least it does fulfill some sort of purpose and also doesn't cost any money to use.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

    Flatpak runtimes need to be damn unified. There needs to be one, and instead of a KDE one just have separate runtime parts.

    Currently using 3 (and if I would use Fedora Flatpaks, 4) runtimes. It is okay-ish, but where are all the optimizations?

    I have to say Flatpaks run fine on very old hardware though.