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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 21:27:05
    I think its stupid to have like 2-3 copies of google chrome on your computer, Apps like Discord should use the standard
    copy of Chrome from your browser.


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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Utopian Galt on Friday, January 23, 2026 02:07:16
    On 22 Jan 2026, Utopian Galt said the following...

    I think its stupid to have like 2-3 copies of google chrome on your computer, Apps like Discord should use the standard
    copy of Chrome from your browser.

    i use it in the browser instead.. the installable discord watches when your mouse moves to track whether you're around, watches what programs you run, and who knows what else in a privileged not-just-a-browser sort of way. you can't disable any of that either

    use chromium-ungoogled and "install" the discord login webpage as an "app"
    and just use that instead.

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  • From Tiny@21:1/700 to Utopian Galt on Friday, January 23, 2026 05:52:43
    Hi Utopian,
    In a message to All you wrote:

    I think its stupid to have like 2-3 copies of google chrome on your computer, Apps like Discord should use the standard copy of Chrome
    from your browser.

    This is why I don't do these apps. Sure I am on discord, but I only
    use the web interface. I would guess I spend 10 mins a day total on
    Discord, Reddit and Digg combined.

    What does the app do that the web site doesn't? (I am curious)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Utopian Galt on Friday, January 23, 2026 07:21:54
    Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-

    I think its stupid to have like 2-3 copies of google chrome on your computer, Apps like Discord should use the standard copy of Chrome from your browser.

    That brought back flashbacks of apps that wanted their own Java runtime
    environments.



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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Tiny on Friday, January 23, 2026 08:57:48
    Re: web wrapper apps
    By: Tiny to Utopian Galt on Fri Jan 23 2026 05:52 am

    This is why I don't do these apps. Sure I am on discord, but I only use the web interface. I would guess I spend 10 mins a day total on Discord, Reddit and Digg combined.

    What does the app do that the web site doesn't? (I am curious)

    I tend to just use the web sites too if the app is basically a self-contained web browser. But I suppose one advantage might be that if your web browser crashes for some reason, it won't take down the app.

    Nightfox
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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Tiny on Friday, January 23, 2026 15:43:28
    On 23 Jan 2026, Tiny said the following...

    What does the app do that the web site doesn't? (I am curious)

    the app does some weird things (some probably useful)

    it installs a relay fake sound card so you can stream audio from programs to your friends or in the chat.. i'm not sure if that's just a workaround because i've used it without that as well and it seemed to pick up audio..

    it also can (as mentioned in my other post) watch your computer activity. one useful thing would be that it could watch for a hotkey systemwide to use as a push-to-talk to chat with friends while in games. it will also watch what games you're playing and show that to friends (but as i mentioned in the other post it sees *everything* you run, including window titles)

    it has access to sound and video by default and won't ask to use them.

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to fusion on Friday, January 23, 2026 15:44:21
    On 23 Jan 2026, fusion said the following...

    On 23 Jan 2026, Tiny said the following...

    What does the app do that the web site doesn't? (I am curious)

    the app does some weird things (some probably useful)

    oops, i accidentally saved before i was done.. but yeah.. lots of stuff it'd be insecure for a regular browser to be able to do

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