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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

Note, I don't know how comprehensive this wiki list is, just quick research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_using_Electron

From those, I'm only currently using a handful.

balenaEtcher, Discord, Synergy, and Obsidian

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The viability of linux isn't dependent on them though

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    It's dependant on being able to run everything anyone could possibly need. "I don't use it, therfore it is not essential" is the kind of approach that's always made it niche.

    Of course Adobe is still missing.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    Spotify, Steam

    Balena Etcher is a software crime though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    What’s wrong with balena etcher?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It’s hundreds of megabytes for something that unetbootin, image writer, and others do in a couple of MBs.

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