Because without it UI changes create CPU spikes
It’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”.
But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 4 days ago
It doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen.
Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
People use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
phailhaus@piefed.social 5 days ago
It’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
A lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Really depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.