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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For real, I remember when an entire game being over a 20 MiB made me hesitate to download it because it'd take a while.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The Half Life demo was 50MB. Took me 4 tries to get it over dialup. Played till the sun came up!

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is why I always run my personal projects through upx