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cheeroip

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cheeroip··on Ask HN: Why every Android app is at least 100MB in size?
I really have no idea how companies handle these kind of decisions. It just seem plausible that a semi-technical manager that have to greenlight a project could use the app size as a parameter. There is no need to artifically inflate the size. I can imagine how a 10x smaller than competitor app could be seen as a sign of a problem more than a positive.
cheeroip··on Ask HN: Why every Android app is at least 100MB in size?
> How can they be so bloated? Even dictionary app can go beyond 50MB is unbelievable. What are they doing with that? Is Call of Duty embedded in the source code?

1. Big size impress management. 2. It's easier to blame SDK xyz for any issue than try to write something optimized and then debate with subskilled coworkers that are specialised in pushunderthebusing