by MildlySerious on 10/5/16, 4:02 AM
What are these apps that have 50+ MB in code built with? Or what counts as code in that regard?
Snapchat for example is 95MB, 77MB code, and on my phone (Android, so not directly linked, but probably similar) the most unresponsive, crashy and painful-to-use app right along with Skype.
by wodenokoto on 10/4/16, 10:49 PM
It's a pretty cool break down you do, but you should consider not including hearthstone in your demo, as most of its image, video and audio assets are placed in the "other" category. So it is a bad example of how your service can help me understand my app, since your demo doesn't help me understand this game.
by bitmapbrother on 10/4/16, 10:35 PM
Facebook Messenger is 130MB. That's the very definition of "kitchen sink".
by CharlesW on 10/4/16, 10:41 PM
This seems like a very "woo woo" theory, because few users know how big their apps are, or what a "good" size or a "bad" size for a particular app is.
So, let's assume Segment is right and there's a causal relationship between app size and downloads. What am I missing?
by sotojuan on 10/4/16, 10:28 PM
Would like to see this for web apps.
by laurentdc on 10/4/16, 11:05 PM
I'd like to see that for desktop apps too. Particularly browsers and productivity ones.
by mrmondo on 10/6/16, 11:15 AM
Oh my gosh - this so, SO much. I think there's a lot of 'designers' thinking they're 'developers', I've seen that first hand and that's how you get rubbish like Drupal.
by jlarocco on 10/4/16, 11:28 PM
This is the second or third time in about a month that a site posted to HN has been blocked by my ad blocker.
According to Wikipedia, segment.com's sole purpose is to aggregate data for marketing and advertising. Not a company I want to give page views to.
by DigitalCannon on 10/4/16, 10:23 PM
Is there something I'm missing here? Why wouldn't a larger app take longer to install?