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0 pointsdmitrygr3y ago0 comments

They benefit from a .exe (or a .tar.gz or a .apk) downloaded when convenient and run locally

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camdenreslink3y ago· 1 in thread

Any app with dynamic data would still need to make some sort of HTTP request before rendering some view with that new data. I don’t really get your point.

hem7773y ago

If the data is also local, which it can be and in many cases should be, there’s no network request round trip.

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