Post by @paul
@rl_dane@polymaths.social 2 and a half times the size of my first hard disk!
And I guess the answer is pretty much "bundled web browser"
R.L. Dane 
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Why would they bundle a web browser, rather than just using a WebView?
I'm amazed when I see fully-featured apps on F-Droid that weight in at 5MB.
@rl_dane@polymaths.social why indeed. The mind boggles!
Well, no, it's because they want to ensure they develop for Chrome and then not have to worry about anything else, but still, it's nonsense.
The national healthcare app in the UK warns me every time I open it with a "This app works best when you have the Chrome browser installed" warning - I guess it's not electron, which is good, but still it's annoying (though the app works fine with only firefox installed).