Spotify using several processes and GB of memory just play some music and browse a library is an abomination. WinAMP did most of that 20 years ago while using a fraction of the resources.
God I wish discord just stuck to being a straightforward app without any of the fancy fluff that’s just not needed. I hate the super-flashy things that obscure visibility and divert your attention so much
But it’s what they sell to people, and a minority seems to really like so
They had no viable business plan with which to pay back investors so this was inevitable. It sucks though…not a day goes by where I don’t grumble about what an insult Discord is to their users.
Same here. At first, I thought I was going to get a better Discord experience with the dedicated ‘app’. Nope. Another web app crammed into Electron, multiplying the overall browser footprint on my system. It now happily lives on in a normal browser tab where my ad blockers and user-scripts claw back local control of things.
Spotify suck at programming. When using the app offline, I can view and play songs and podcasts directly or from the queue, but the menu to add stuff to the queue doesn’t load.
Spotify using several processes and GB of memory just play some music and browse a library is an abomination. WinAMP did most of that 20 years ago while using a fraction of the resources.
Discord similarly is an affront.
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God I wish discord just stuck to being a straightforward app without any of the fancy fluff that’s just not needed. I hate the super-flashy things that obscure visibility and divert your attention so much
But it’s what they sell to people, and a minority seems to really like so
They had no viable business plan with which to pay back investors so this was inevitable. It sucks though…not a day goes by where I don’t grumble about what an insult Discord is to their users.
I can recommend Vencord or Vesktop instead, it’s a modified client with stuff like FakeNitro and Adblocker as plugins
I run those thing in the browser, where they belong.
If you have premium, there’s probably a better native client.
Same here. At first, I thought I was going to get a better Discord experience with the dedicated ‘app’. Nope. Another web app crammed into Electron, multiplying the overall browser footprint on my system. It now happily lives on in a normal browser tab where my ad blockers and user-scripts claw back local control of things.
Really? I have it running right now with 0% CPU usage and around 100MB of memory. Something’s wrong with your setup.
Correction, Winamp still does this today while using a fraction of the resources.
Though if you’re on Windows I’d recommend Xmplay instead, it plays basically everything.
I’m on Linux and I use VLC.
Have you tried AIMP on Windows? If so, how does it compare with Xmplay?
Never tried it, sorry
Spotify suck at programming. When using the app offline, I can view and play songs and podcasts directly or from the queue, but the menu to add stuff to the queue doesn’t load.
I hate Discord passionately. I miss the days of Mumble + IRC
IRC was great, but it failed to progress meaningfully.
Except for needing bnc to keep your nick on some networks, it works very well imo