AndrewMar 2

As much as I'm all in favour of blaming AI bros for the RAM shortage, there was always going to be a squeeze on RAM prices for some reason eventually, and we really did make sure it would be maximally painful for ourselves when we started treating RAM as functionally free.

RAM prices in 2026 are about the same as they were in 2008 when the original MacBook Air launched. It had 2GB of RAM and it ran like a goddamn dream. There is absolutely zero technical reason we couldn't ship an even better computer with 2GB RAM today — except everything these days is a JavaScript app running in a dedicated Chromium instance and needs at least its own gigabyte to run around in.

That said, it's probably pretty safe to blame AI bros for everything being a Chromium instance — I'm willing to bet it's largely the same people trying to ship something that just about works with the absolute minimum of time and effort now as it was then

Show threadBenoît Régent-Kloeckner
@andrewt I love that the game developpers Mega Crit are ensuring Slay the Spire 2 will be playable on the worst potatoe PC they can. We need more of this state of mind (meanwhile, Path of Exile is burdening the f*** CPU? Come on!)
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Show threadオチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸)Mar 3
@BrKloeckner @andrewt Yeah, I feel like we should have a list of modern apps that don't waste ressources, and because they're pretty scarce, they'd be promoted just doing that. And most people that aren't fan of buying no computer every 5 year would flock to them first. And rightly so. Having an optimized program should be a major thing.