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I've enjoyed using Connect but I've got no clue how it got this big.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've posted about it before, but I think the app should have a No-Thumbnail/No-Predownload option like RiF had. Most of the data it uses up I never make use of. It's a big waste.

[–] Spshaman@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

No thumbnail and pre download as an option while on data was awesome with RiF. I'm on a 2 GB data plan on my phone so every little bit counts.

[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've never cleared mine and just checked it, 1.04gb. I use the app an embarrassing amount, so I wonder if there's one specific thing that takes up a bunch of space.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

20 GB here. I estimate it took 2-3 months to get there.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, mine was 1.09 and I don't think I've cleared it ever either

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Apps have to download the thumbnails and whatever you actually click on.

Though that is a shitload.

Get SDMaid. Even the free version makes cleanup a lot easier.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

It's standard practice to cache images when displaying, as an image viewed once is likely to be viewed again, and then it's good to save on the data and latency by loading it from disk (or even memory).

However, it's also standard practice to have an upper size boundary on this cache and to implement an eviction mechanism for the cache once it has reached its capacity.

This is probably a case of misconfiguration or something overlooked during implementation.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the app needs to have a regular cash wipe build in, it causes Crashes for me.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, mine freezes on open sometimes which I suspect is the cache.

It should have an upper limit with the oldest access time items being evicted first.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It should be capped at 750mb it doesn't need more and it wouldn't be a problem if it just deletes the oldest stuff when its not needed anymore.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's what I mean. But it needs to be done by access time, not oldest item, as you don't want frequently used things to be evicted.

@kuro_neko@lemmy.ca

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

True, didn't think about that, but yeah shure, your own PFP, banner and some community icons should probably stay in.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

SDMaid actually open source (GPLv3) now!

The dev rebuilt the app for modern Android and made it open source

https://github.com/d4rken-org/sdmaid-se

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Even with this I think it's the best lemmy client I tried eternity for a while there and I'm now back on Connect.

Would be nice if there was a cache limit though I think 1 maybe 2 gb at most. Only other thing I miss is the biometric lock when opening I like that.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah I had 7gb cache, not crazy huge like OP but would be nice to not have to do this manually

[–] zebbedi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Mines up to 20gb. Searched the settings the other day to set cache size but couldn't find anything.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I just checked and my cache was over 5GB. I agree that cache wiping should occur once in a while. Oh well, doing it manually worked well enough.

[–] Sprinks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Woah, what the heck. I just checked mine and im sitting on 27.5 gb of cache. My huband was sitting on 16gb.

If anyone is curious, my husband and I never manually cleared the cache for Connect. When we're done using the app we both normally just press the phone home button, leaving Connect listed in the active apps drawer, and then clear it later on in the day (this is probably whats adding to the cache).

As annoying as it is to have 30gb of cache, I still wouldnt switch to a different app. The ability to block users, communities, and entire instances is just too good to give up.

[–] caged_danimal@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Woah. 72 GB for me

[–] SniperFred@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

for me it sits at a whopping 102gb of cache. interestingly, i only used ~85gb total of my phones storage. deleting the whole cache just cleared up 10gb on the phone storage, so there is some heavy compression happening.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 1 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure all the content you're reading and watching is what's in there. Do you watch a lot of videos?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How long have you been using it?

[–] Spshaman@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

A little over a year now. I switched over to Lemmy when the API stuff was happening on Reddit, but was on a different app for the first month or two.