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Windows 11 often requires new hardware. But that will be extremely pricey or have very little RAM for a while.

I dont believe that a single competent person works at Micro$oft anymore, but maybe maybe this could lead them to make a less shitty OS?

And garbage software like Adobe Creative Cloud too?

They obviously dont care about users, but the pain could become too big.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 103 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

It's not just garbage software. So many programs are just electron apps which is about the most inefficient way of making them. If we could start actually making programs again instead of just shipping a webpage and a browser bundled together you'd see resource usage plummet.

In the gaming space even before the RAM shortage I've seen more developers begin doing optimization work again thanks to the prevalence of steam deck and such so the precedent is there and I'm hopeful other developers do start considering lower end hardware.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Probably a super unpopular take, but the Switch and Switch 2 have done more for game optimization than the Steam Deck has by sheer volume of consoles sold than the Steam Deck ever could. I agree the Steam Deck pushed things further but the catalyst is the Switch/2

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

So the developers of PC games like Claire Obscure: Expedition 33, which doesn't have a Switch version of any kinda, spent time, effort and money to optimize specifically for the Steam Deck... because of the Switch's market share? Cmon now bud, that's a straight up ridiculous take.

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