not saying you have any choice in the matter of using Slack or not, but I can assure you that Slack software is aware of their bloat and inefficiency and they don't care.
The core task Slack is charged with WAS done 2 decades ago with significantly lower resource usage?
Why does this matter? because Slack is not your main productivity app (I HOPE) it's just a background process, effectively, most of the time, a communication channel you keep open and check in with from time to time.
Being able to keep an app open while you run your main productivity suite is a clear win. Slack loses in this respect.
But go on, downvote and flag me some more for speaking truth to power...
it's rather obvious, i would say...
> OTOH, if you are using Slack, you probably deserve it :P
then you say:
> not saying you have any choice in the matter of using Slack or not
Now, I don't actually run Slack nowadays. I run Teams, which sounds like it's efficient since it only uses 600 MiB RAM rather than a full gigabyte.
But the choice between Slack, Teams, and any other product we might use is determined not by the user, but by the company we work for. Companies have a tendency to decide what works without respect to empirical data. Business people are unconcerned with mere technical matters; they optimise for purchase processes.
I think you got downvoted for saying we have any choice in the matter. When you made a valid criticism, your comment fared much better.
