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Every app packaging its own shared library and runtime because someone didn't want to deal with packaging software.

I foresee someone in five years complaining about how much RAM linux on the desktop uses. And somebody else blaming it on shared libraries not actually being shared because all the "apps" load their own snowflake library. So multiple copies of glibc, multiple copies of gtk, multiple copies of everything.

RIP RAM AND WALLET.




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