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  • 100% this.

    If every software maker generalized the principle of unused ram is wasted ram, I would be allowed to keep only one program open on my computer. Because each application must consume all of it for… I don’t know. Showing me a webview of a text box that has a glowing ring for no reason or something stupid like that.

    This isn’t even getting into how cache locality in memory is a performance consideration, or how every software maker is EXTERNALIZING their costs onto users, making us buy more capable hardware to keep up with their software.

    All so I can do the same shit I did 10 years ago: send messages, view pictures and videos.














  • Depends on the game. A title like dota will have a lot of savings (tens of gigabytes last I checked it). Most other games it seems don’t have obviously and easily compressible assets from a generic compression algorithm, and therefore will yield extremely minor savings.

    Checked some installed games. DotA is down to 36 gb from 67. Almost 54% the original size.

    RoboCop rogue city is 37->37gb. Negligible savings.