alt Hacker NewsThere's a few other apps that are ridiculously big. Like the DJI Mimo app. It's an app I need for my DJI Mic, to change 4 settings on it. It needs 800MB for that which is absolutely ridiculous. Also I need to sign up for an account to use it even though the Mic works completely locally and it just changes the settings over USB.
It's absolutely fucking ridiculous to have an 800MB app for this and the reason is just marketing. It's full of stupid videos promoting their stuff. And the account just causes stupid spam. I should have returned the damn thing to be honest.
Ps pardon my french but I'm really annoyed about this and in this case it's warranted in my opinion. 800MB is ridiculous.
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It doesn't inspire confidence in privacy when things are so huge, connected and opaque.
Doesn't the Mimo app work for many devices not just your mic? While your mic might not need a lot of the code, someone using one of their other devices might not need your mic's code either. I can totally see why DJI would want a single app to control any of the DJI branded devices rather than dealing with multiple app store approvals. It would also be confusing for the end user as in "Which device am I using so which app do I need to use" would be a nightmare for all involved.
Sounds like a ripe opportunity for someone to reverse engineer their USB protocol and create a free/open alternative.
DJI lost the plot years ago unfortunately. They reeeeally wanted their app to be this whole bespoke platform experience thing and it’s been downhill ever since.
lol remember the Karma?
Apps like that often contain (many?) short high resolution videos to show how to do an initial connection or something that can take up a ton of space.
Gmail has no such excuse.
Oof.
The past year or so I've stopped buying stuff with an app before checking out how big the app is (if I plan to use it).
> I should have returned the damn thing to be honest.
If enough people actually did that, the companies would start caring.
Roborock is 900 MB just to control a robot vacuum
that is fucking rediculous! companies should be banned for such neglegence.
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I call it Marketing Driven Development, having lived through it at a previous job. It really sucks. They give engineers no time to breathe and do maintenance code changes.