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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 76 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Ooof. After having a pinephone, I know what 2 or 3GB of RAM can handle these days. Not much, really. Specially the moment you open the browser. I'm going to pass from any project that doesn't attempt to at least get close to this decade's standards.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Specially the moment you open the browser

I'd be curious, did you profile if it's for all pages or only some? I'd expect e.g. Facebook or Instagram to be more demanding than Lemmy or ProtonMail but to be honest I have no idea.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 days ago

I had a Windows Phone with 2GB of memory before, even (old) Reddit was horrendous, let alone Proton Mail with all its JavaScript and images.

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