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		colemickens on Sept 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app How on earth is hangouts "bloated"? It's a friggin IM app with video calling built in. It's far more minimal than most other "alternative" IM clients.

tdfx on Sept 21, 2016 [–]

I don't know why it's "bloated", but after a few minutes of video chat it's got my computer sounding like a jetliner preparing for takeoff.

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