“you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses” doesn’t seem to be much of a choice.
meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do.
“you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses” doesn’t seem to be much of a choice.
meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do.