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Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/memory_software_opinion/
10•pjmlp•2h ago

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coldtea•1h ago
As if the industry needs excuses. They have enshitified all aspects of software with impunity, who will they have to answer to? The same public that accepted regression after regression in software quality?
logicprog•1h ago
Obvious AI slop.
DamonHD•1h ago
That's been elReg's normal human-powered house style for ~30Y years, albeit slightly calmer recently and with en_US spelling. I know because I have written for it and pushed my style that way to do so - again entirely human powered because LLMs did not exist then, even though I have an ancient AI degree.
throw-the-towel•1h ago
What, El Reg has abandoned the King's English? Truly, the dark times are upon us.
user____name•1h ago
Not only RAM. I've recently been thinking about how much better things could be if ISP had data limits again. No doomscrolling, no multigigabyte patches, less slop, less spyware, less datacenters, less clickbait. All those things would become less profitable when transfers are limited.
squibonpig•1h ago
I mean that would also massively blow
bheadmaster•1h ago
Yeah, and obesity would be solved if we had government-sanctioned food rations.

But I deeply dislike that solution. Personal responsibility beats authoritarive control in almost all cases.

bgun•15m ago
Isn’t “paying for what you use” the ultimate expression of personal responsibility, though? Is unlimited high-speed internet a basic human right? (I’d argue _access_ is, given its necessity in participation in modern society, but not unlimited data).

The point may end up being moot, however, since the dark patterns feeding the social media-data harvesting pipeline are driven by keeping most people hooked on algorithmic infinitely scrolling feeds, and that attention-selling system will fight any attempt to rein it in, whether cultural or governmental.

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