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layer801/03/20261 replyview on HN

It doesn’t necessarily. A lot of resources are being wasted without impacting usability. Users only start noticing and complaining about it when it does.


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seba_dos101/03/2026

It does, period. Less things can run in parallel, fans get louder, batteries live shorter and devices feel old years before they should, all of which directly affects usability. The user not noticing the direct cause or having enough resources to waste to at least perform some tasks acceptably doesn't change anything.