I have bypassed this issue by exclusively using open-source terminal software. If my softwares aren't launching in 2-3 seconds, i usually try to find alternatives.
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it gets hard to do this when my bank or other assorted corporation forces me to use their shitty shit.
shitty shit
Bloat! Somebody call the police!
i hate that most of the modern desktop apps run a freaking separate chromium instance
Electron is the devils own pile of shit
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ads, tracking, and the use of shitty bloated frameworks (like electron) so the tech bro owners can save time and money at the expense of ours.
There's sort of an unholy synergy between hardware companies wanting to sell more hardware and software shops wanting to cut development costs. The selection pressures are to build bloated software that needs fast hardware to run.
And then you have Arch Linux. [insert chef's kiss]
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