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		vimslayer on April 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jitsi Meet Electron 2.0 Telegram is a QT app, btw. Still can take quite a bit of RAM, but much less than, say, Signal or Slack.

konart on April 10, 2020 [–]

Most of the RAM usage when it comes to Telegram (and other IMs I guess) is media autodownload. Once you turn it off - the problem is solved (same for the battery life on mobile)

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