• immutable@lemm.ee
    12·
    1 year ago

    People that are upset about electron should consider it’s not:

    Electron App vs Wonderful Fully Supported Native Linux Application

    The reality is that your choice is largely:

    Electron App vs No App (maybe running their windows app in wine if you can get that to work)

    It’s not like companies are going to go build a native linux app but electron got in their way. It was always electron or no support.

    So if you like the app, remember that the ram and the cpu you paid for doesn’t provide value unless it’s doing something. There’s no trophy you get at the end of your life for “most cumulative ram left idle”

    • ky56@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      What about laptop battery life? More CPU usage = less battery life. WHY DOES NO ONE GIVE A FUCK ABOUT BATTERY LIFE???

      The single most reason I switched from Spotify to Apple Music is that I was sick of seeing the Spotify macOS app at the top of the “High Battery Usage” page on Activity Monitor. I also actually noticed less battery life. Fuck Electron. I avoid apps made in it like the plague.

    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      1 year ago

      So if you like the app, remember that the ram and the cpu you paid for doesn’t provide value unless it’s doing something.

      It could be doing so much more if you hadn’t gone with Electron you fuck

    • Shatur@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think proprietary Electron apps better run in browser anyway because of trackers that you can disable via extensions.

    • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      There’s no trophy you get at the end of your life for “most cumulative ram left idle”

      Some people like to use more than 1 app you know.

      Also, RAM is never ever idle. It is used as filesystem cache when not used by programs thus speeding up read accesses significantly.

      • EddoWagt@feddit.nl
        01·
        1 year ago

        Honestly even with more than 1 application open it shouldn’t be an issue. Maybe with a really old computer, but anything modern really should handle an electron app just fine

    • mustardman@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      So if you like the app, remember that the ram and the cpu you paid for doesn’t provide value unless it’s doing something. There’s no trophy you get at the end of your life for “most cumulative ram left idle”

      This is a damn homicide lmao

      • Cralder@feddit.nu
        01·
        1 year ago

        You know that “no app” and “not using the app” is the exact same user experience right? So you can just not use the app and stop complaining about it existing.

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    This might be a hot take but I’ve noticed some complicated electron apps are faster than some simple native apps. The striking example to me is how Vs code runs better and has a lower startup time than the stock Windows 11 File manager.

    A well written electron app is better than a poorly written native app sometimes.

    • Knusper@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      I mean, sure, but:

      1. The Windows File Manager is really just awful in that regard. You can get alternative file managers that start up in a fraction of that time, with more features.

      2. Startup time isn’t really the worst of it. RAM usage is worse. And if a program uses lots of RAM, it will still appear quite performant. But it makes everything else on your system slower.