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For me it is the amount of ram it demands. Most of the day it is an IRC client, for a small portion it does voice/video. How does it need a gig of RAM all day? This squeezes my computer towards e-waste, and I'll be damned if I throw this computer away for an IRC client. Screw you MSFT, get it fixed.

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> How does it need a gig of RAM all day?

Electron.

Now, an electron app doesn't have to be terrible. The tech makes it really easy to make turds, but if you spend the time optimizing it, it can be very good. See VS Code for example.

I think Microsoft should acquire the company that makes VS Code and let those guys teach the Teams devs how to do it.

Oh wait ...

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