On: I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app

[arcticbull]

> I’d like to approach this differently, and think about what it would have cost United Airlines to do it “the right way”, versus what value it brings them.

For a 5-screen 50MB app, sure. For a 5-screen 500MB app that falls pretty flat.

[edit] You could fit all of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 or Final Fantasy VII for PS2 in the same amount of space.

[throw10920 → arcticbull]

Exactly - badness of waste is non-linear. An application that's 4x as large as necessary is more than twice as bad as one that's 2x as large as necessary.

A candy bar which is 5% packaging and 95% candy by mass is alright. A candy bar which is 50% packaging and 50% candy is horrifying.

[fennecfoxen → throw10920]

It's not that scary.

https://www.sugarfina.com/valentines-day-mini-candy-trunk

[fennecfoxen → fennecfoxen]

... It looks like this link died a short while after I posted it so have the non-holiday equivalent: https://www.sugarfina.com/design-your-own-9-piece-mini-candy...

[andai → arcticbull]

Windows 95 required 4MB of RAM and 50-55MB of disk space.

[Krustopolis → andai]

And sucked.

[anthk → Krustopolis]

Windows 2000 was much more stable and yet the install was far less than a GB. On RAM, with 128 MB was pretty snappy.

[barbecue_sauce → arcticbull]

Ahem, FFVII and THPS2 are Playstation One (PSX) games.

[anthk → barbecue_sauce]

You could fit a good chunk of N64 zipped ROMs under a 700MB (a CD).

An emulator and Mario 64, Zelda OOT, ISS and 40 games more could be placed under a CD and yet you could fit a good bunch of MP3's in between.

[arcticbull → barbecue_sauce]

The shame, lol. Your feedback is well deserved.