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Whatsapp is going to run terribly... (www.androidcentral.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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All these (ad)ons always take priority over performance.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Because with nonlibre/nonfree/closed apps, user interest is never at the front. It is only considered at the beginning when apps need to gain userbase, then they can exploit it.

Every app that take away user ability to inspect, modify or share it is creating a path for abuse.