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Genuinely serious since this is so much of a meme.

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

When an app is installed on millions of devices, making it more efficient can actually make a not insignificant difference in overall power consumption, and therefore environmental impact.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'd love if someone did that calculation too. Could be a LOT of watt-hours per day just wasted by things like discord.

[–] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

The KDE project has been focusing on sustainability, as a system efficiency metric, for some time now.

If you'd like to read more.