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Yeah, honestly, sometimes I feel frustrated trying to explain it, because I know some people will never be satisfied. I just want to be transparent about the tradeoffs and let people SEE the actual usage (even if it will indeed not convince everyone).

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femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s the usage they see used, not what the app itself is using. It’s like someone borrowed your car and paid for for just the gas and not the wear and tear. It matters to the PC user that they have less to go around and would rather use something without the overhead. I’m not against overhead when it makes sense, I use docker at home and kubernetes at work.

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- nikolasdimi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  nice metaphor:) but unlike a car, these Electron processes aren’t slowly eating your tires or draining your oil. Maybe a better metaphor would be that the car you rent comes with a few extra cup holders you that you didn’t ask for? :)
  
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  - femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Ehh, I dislike electron as I don’t like chrome and it uses up more of the computer, especially with a low powered laptops and thin clients. I would rather just have something hosted on a server, preferably my own, and use a webpage. Cupholders don’t get in the way usually or take up performance of the car.
    
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