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by fisf 532 days ago
Yes, but that is a choice. It doesn't have to do that.

Because, instead of "trusting" the update (or rather codebase) of a messenger, we now have to trust the complete browser bundle.
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Guthur 532 days ago
They don't have to, but question was why it takes 100mb and you got the answer.

You may additionally ask why Electron, but that's a different question after all.

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wruza 531 days ago
That’s only formally a choice. In reality, you’ll depend on some delivery system (among many other systems) that is a part of some build/dev system that is a part of a job market conjuncture.

And all of that is completely out of your control and competence budget, unless you’re fine with shipping your first 50kb updates ten (metaphorical) years later.

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