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Connect has somehow grown a 30 GB cache (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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