Why would anyone install 2GB of "normal" software when same version of that software available in like 100mb elsewhere officially?

[Allan Day]

James <purpleidea at gmail.com> wrote:
...
> > Yes and no. Most users will also want to know how much will be
> > downloaded to make the app runnable on their system, and they might
> > have data caps which a download like this would eat through.

We might even need a confirmation dialog in the metered data case...

> Can't we separate the two numbers in the ui to show eg:
>
> ```
> Base dependencies: 2GiB
> App: 200MiB
> Total: 2.2GiB
> ```

Right! Or maybe you could have a simple string with an explainer in a popover:

```
Download size: 200 MB + 2 GB

+-------------^-------------+
| Application size: 200 MB  |
| Required runtime: 2 GB    |
+---------------------------+
```

Allan