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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same thing happens to me if I were to open each of those apps as chrome tabs.

The apps you listed provide a web version also. Adding choice to the customer experience is a good thing!

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Adding choice to the customer

    "you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses" doesn't seem to be much of a choice.

    meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Why do you think everyone cares to optimize every single ounce of their ram memory. There is a lot more to UX than that.

    I would rather an imperfect choice than none at all

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's a bad analogy. A browser with 5 tabs is not like having 5 different browsers open.

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