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RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components (www.windowslatest.com)
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  • Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
  • RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
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[โ€“] floofloof@lemmy.ca 173 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (22 children)

If there's any silver lining to this, perhaps we can get a renewed interest in efficient open-source software designed to work well on older hardware, and less e-waste.

[โ€“] XLE@piefed.social 12 points 4 months ago

"It sounds like you want low-end devices to be turned into thin clients for cloud-based operating systems. Do I have that right?"

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