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minus-squarelmuel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAt this point i don’t see why we would need more RAM for basic OS or web usage tbh. Like we’ve hit a point where things are covered. Obviously this won’t stop capitalists from doing capitalist bullshit though… and bloat is a thing.
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNot going to disagree, but “web usage” is basically everything. You can literally run an entire desktop operating system from 2007 on a virtual machine emulated in JavaScript in your browser now.
At this point i don’t see why we would need more RAM for basic OS or web usage tbh.
Like we’ve hit a point where things are covered. Obviously this won’t stop capitalists from doing capitalist bullshit though… and bloat is a thing.
Not going to disagree, but “web usage” is basically everything. You can literally run an entire desktop operating system from 2007 on a virtual machine emulated in JavaScript in your browser now.