The internet is littered with reports of 10-100MB+ .ipa and .apk binaries coming out of simple Flutter apps for iOS + Android. Google states they can't imagine the footprint ever dropping as low as 1MB. [1]
On Web, 1MB of base runtime is a complete showstopper. Embedded applications may suffer similarly.
Does today's announcement mean Google has figured out how to fix this for Web, or are just ignoring it? Or worse — are they planning to 'boil the frog' with a sneaky transition into a world of a New Flash Player?
> 1MB of Flutter runtime got you down? Don't worry, Flutter Player now ships with Chrome.
This is possibly a very dark direction for the Web, of which Google is a powerful steward.
The internet is littered with reports of 10-100MB+ .ipa and .apk binaries coming out of simple Flutter apps for iOS + Android. Google states they can't imagine the footprint ever dropping as low as 1MB. [1]
On Web, 1MB of base runtime is a complete showstopper. Embedded applications may suffer similarly.
Does today's announcement mean Google has figured out how to fix this for Web, or are just ignoring it? Or worse — are they planning to 'boil the frog' with a sneaky transition into a world of a New Flash Player?
> 1MB of Flutter runtime got you down? Don't worry, Flutter Player now ships with Chrome.
This is possibly a very dark direction for the Web, of which Google is a powerful steward.
[1] https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/12456#issuecomment...