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I believe the Signal desktop app is an electron app. That’s probably why the updates are so big, has to update the bundled browser.

• fisf 2y ago
  Yes, but that is a choice. It doesn't have to do that. Because, instead of "trusting" the update (or rather codebase) of a messenger, we now have to trust the complete browser bundle.
  • Guthur 2y ago
    They don't have to, but question was why it takes 100mb and you got the answer. You may additionally ask why Electron, but that's a different question after all.
  • wruza 2y ago
    That’s only formally a choice. In reality, you’ll depend on some delivery system (among many other systems) that is a part of some build/dev system that is a part of a job market conjuncture. And all of that is completely out of your control and competence budget, unless you’re fine with shipping your first 50kb updates ten (metaphorical) years later.