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Docker images are hundreds of MB; a full game engine compiles to 35MB WASM (bogomolov.work)
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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Most web browsers will have a hard limit on WASM apps that will be around 200-300 MB of binary size, and your RAM will be limited too.

Try opening a full-featured WASM game on iPad and weep.

Source: I've ported an open-source game to WASM. Worked fine on my PC, not so well anywhere else.