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Related posts:
Jan 2020 forum post about loading large javascript files but only as it relates to the web interface.
There’s also this May 2022 reddit post about Electron taking upa bunch of space
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/comments/utxvi9/why_bitwarden_uses_much_bigger_storage_compared/
but again that’s about the web version.
Jan 2018 source of the Android stat (saying 31MB was too large!). The developer mentions Xamarin and mono runtime take up a decent chunk of space. But how true is that today?