Comment on Maybe the RAM shortage will make software less bloated?
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 11 hours agoRight
But those are only problems because they use the resources in the background. When the foreground app uses a lot of resources it’s not a problem because you only have one foreground app at a time (I know, not really, but kinda). Most apps don’t need to run in the background.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
Yes, thats the problem? I’m confused what you’re not getting here. Those programs are made to constantly run. Many people need both for various reasons. Add a main program like Photoshop and then you don’t have enough RAM. People don’t load discord, check a message, close it, load Whatsapp, check it, then load Photoshop.
The RAM usage doesn’t suddenly stop because you alt+tab to a different program.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
There are, of course, bad offenders.
I’m just skeptical that “webapps that need a ton of resources and people leave open” is the norm. But I haven’t done any research on it so maybe it is.