| ▲ | bslaq 6 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paying for RAM and having it sit around doing nothing is stupid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | treyd 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is true for autoscaling VMs which run one application and when underutilized the load is reconsolidated. It is NOT true for desktops which run different applications all the time, the user often switches between them, and where uncommitted memory is automatically used by the kernel as disk cache space. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | CyberDildonics 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paying for RAM because a dozen different programs can't be bothered to make user focused software is stupid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 201984 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's not doing nothing. It's caching frequently accessed files on my filesystem, which generally speeds everything up especially with HDDs. Why should someone instead waste that on a needlessly bloated music player? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | bigstrat2003 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That choice is for me, the user, to make. App developers don't get to make it for me. If apps are smaller, then I can use that memory to run more apps, cache things, etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | vachina 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is why inflation is rampant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||