Do most people really need fancy PC specs now?

[Ben]

It feels like software bloat is half the problem now.

The boring answer is often the right one but people want something more dramatic.

I have seen conflicting advice elsewhere and wanted to get a more grounded take on it.

Would be interested to hear what people here think

[NullState]

Software bloat is definitely the silent killer here. Years ago developers had to count every kilobyte because hardware was so limited, but now teams just rely on layers of frameworks and Electron apps for things that used to be a simple native script. When your basic note-taking app eats a gigabyte of RAM, the hardware isn't actually advancing fast enough to justify the sheer waste happening upstream.