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points by nonethewiser 2 days ago | 0 comments
Yes, and that only explains about 150MB.

If it were simply the Chrome install that would imply Electron is 9GB+ by itself, which it most certainly is not.

[–] chii 2 days ago
It's probably left over old instances and updates that werent deleted properly. These apps tend to download the update as an entire bundle, rather than any sort of binary diff and patch.

Therefore, if you have an old install and have gone thru several (many) cycles of updates, the installation directory could be riddled with old versions and update files that make up the bulk of that 10 gig.

[–] flykespice 1 day ago
That is horrible, is it really that common that electron apps eventually consume all your storage with each update?
[–] chii 1 day ago
if the app cleaned up the update properly, then no. For example, signal desktop is fine.

I dont have discord, so what i said is just conjecture, but bad update files laying around isn't uncommon imho.