Neil Brown on Nostr: The comparative size of software always surprises me. On my phone: a banking app ...
The comparative size of software always surprises me.
On my phone:
a banking app needs 100MB.
K-9 Mail - a well-featured email client - needs "just" 10MB.
Why does a banking app need 10 times the footprint of an email client?
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