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by amcca029 3324 days ago
> Automatically unzips into %ROAMING% blame MS for that garbage > 140 MB of RAM used wow, that would be alot in the 90s
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> blame MS for that garbage

Uh... As far as I know, installers work well. Sorry for wanting to choose where I install my stuff. Spoiler: It's not on C:\. Chrome started that trend of install-less installs, and I've hated it ever since.

>wow, that would be alot in the 90s

Indeed, let's see which processes I have running that take up less than 140MB, shall we?

* Battle.net. Full app launcher, with patching capabilities, okay. * OpenHardwareMonitor. Does a shitton more than GitHub. * Mumble. Does a shitton more than GitHub. * Windows Explorer. Does a hell of a shitton more. * Steam. Finding a pattern there? * Origin. Skype. Task Monitor. Intel XTU. The list goes on and on. All doing infinitely more than what amounts to little more than an UI on git.exe

Thing is, sometimes I actually need that RAM. To run games, Photoshop, or Atom, depending on how much I hate myself right now.

But hey, it's okay, as a developer, you can choose to disrespect your users, that's your choice, not mine :>