Something no one talks about enough:
CPU cycles aren't free.
Memory reads and writes aren't free.
That shit takes power. A miniscule amount per instance, yes, but it adds up quick if it's from an app that everyone uses constantly. All that power comes from somewhere, and right now that's mostly fossil fuels.
When people complain about software bloat, it's not just a UX problem, it's an environmental one too.
Manufacturing new computing hardware is an enormously energy and resource intensive process. Having to make hardware obsolete because the *software* isn't efficient is an absurd waste.
@malcircuit How many perfectly good laptops got made obsolete because they don't have TPM2.0 required for corporate buzzword compliance?
@acsawdey @malcircuit
I'm perfectly fine with using a computer that is less than a decade old — I would gladly get those off their hands for pennies, it's important though to make enterprises interested in selling these instead of just giving them up for "disposal".
