Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by tonyx » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?
segment.com

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

#2

Post by DigitalCannon » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:23 PM UTC

Is there something I'm missing here? Why wouldn't a larger app take longer to install?

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by sotojuan » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:28 PM UTC

Would like to see this for web apps.

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by orng » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:29 PM UTC

DigitalCannon wrote: post #2

Is there something I'm missing here? Why wouldn't a larger app take longer to install?

I think "rate" refers to install rate, as in how many users install the app, not install speed.

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by zanecodes » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:30 PM UTC

DigitalCannon wrote: post #2

Is there something I'm missing here? Why wouldn't a larger app take longer to install?

Install rate is referring to the percentage of users who install the app at all, versus those who choose not to because the app is too big.

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by bitmapbrother » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:35 PM UTC

Facebook Messenger is 130MB. That's the very definition of "kitchen sink".

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by f2prateek » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:35 PM UTC

sotojuan wrote: post #3

Would like to see this for web apps.

There is some good research already on how page load times can impact conversions.

https://www.quora.com/How-do-page-load-times-affect-e-commer...

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by CharlesW » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:41 PM UTC

This seems like a very "woo woo" theory, because few users know how big their apps are, or what a "good" size or a "bad" size for a particular app is.

So, let's assume Segment is right and there's a causal relationship between app size and downloads. What am I missing?

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by wodenokoto » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:49 PM UTC

It's a pretty cool break down you do, but you should consider not including hearthstone in your demo, as most of its image, video and audio assets are placed in the "other" category. So it is a bad example of how your service can help me understand my app, since your demo doesn't help me understand this game.

Re: Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?

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Post by tonyx » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:50 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #8

This seems like a very "woo woo" theory, because few users know how big their apps are, or what a "good" size or a "bad" size for a particular app is. So, let's assume Segment is right and there's a causal relationship between app size and downloads. What am I missing?

@CharlesW we mostly focused on the facts and running as controlled of an experiment as possible without bias or drawing conclusion on exactly why heavier apps get downloaded less. Though my personal guess from working years in the mobile app space is that users are surprisingly conscious of data & disk usage. Not everyone has unlimited data or 128GB storage iPhones.