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.
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.
I use discord.com/app for exactly this reason. Its footprint is lower and the experience is almost exactly the same. And I can block things I don’t like using ublock/other extensions, like animated reactions and those crazy new premium video profiles with explosions and confetti etc
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
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.
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.
I use discord.com/app for exactly this reason. Its footprint is lower and the experience is almost exactly the same. And I can block things I don’t like using ublock/other extensions, like animated reactions and those crazy new premium video profiles with explosions and confetti etc
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
Really? I have it running right now with 0% CPU usage and around 100MB of memory. Something’s wrong with your setup.