And now many java apps bundle their own JRE (at least on windows).
Like anything else it's a tradeoff, and for the average user not having to install separate dependencies (at least on windows and mac) is going to be easier, and 50 or 100 mb isn't something anyone is going to really have an issue with in the vast majority of cases.
Like anything else it's a tradeoff, and for the average user not having to install separate dependencies (at least on windows and mac) is going to be easier, and 50 or 100 mb isn't something anyone is going to really have an issue with in the vast majority of cases.