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Discord UI rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ever look at it's resource usage? It's so bloated and resource heavy for nothing more than a chat client.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't deny discord comes with bloat. But the idea that discord needs a "super expensive rig" seems a bit hyperbolic. If you can browse this site, your hardware can probably deal with discord.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I can understand that «super expensive» will have a different meaning for different regions but for me it is the case.

I am using the Thunder Client on Android with some optimizations. But its resource usage is not comparable to Discord at all.

Regardless, Libre platforms like Lemmy and Matrix allow me to use different clients if one is too heavy for me. This is not the case with Discord.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, totally fair!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have a 12 year old CPU and I can flawlessly stream video while I play games to my chat group. Discord is doing petty good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Well, I have 9 years old laptop and when I play something demanding like Valheim, or Risk of Rain 2 with my friends, I have to run Discord on my phone because otherwise I get either performance lags, or network lags, or both. May also be an issue with a shitty network bandwidth, but the phone and laptop are both connected to the same network.