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Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads
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Gadget ReviewMicrosoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You AdsWindows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM and displays third-party ads — roughly five times heavier than macOS's equivalent.Replying to @FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
Why does anyone need an ‘app’ when you could just use a Bookmark to your browser.
I am so sick of everything turning into an app, most things can be handled by a website be that on mobile or pc.
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It’s more fun to have free version of copilot build you a webpage for the weather with just the graphs, numbers and features you prefer, with outrageous styling.
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Why go to a site if I can embed it in a dashboard tho?
not a Microsoft dashboard of any kind, but in HA or as a kde background widget…
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Under Linux mint in I have an applet for that. Next to the clock.
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I work in the field. I really liked the weather tile from Windows8/10 because my computer often would tell me at a glance if the weather was going to turn nasty. That was handy.