I periodically check to see if my phone has been adding apps when it self updates.
Today I learned that the TikTock app is almost a Gig. I have never used it and don't recall adding it.
Buhbye ticktock hello free space.
Hopefully things run better now
This is not how proof is done; however I won't argue with the assertion, as I agree, it's most likely spying. App size isn’t a reliable indicator of whether it’s spying on you. Even a tiny app—smaller than your calculator—can be designed to stream your camera feed. It’s not about size; it’s about how the app is built.
For context, I just checked—TikTok is about 150 MB. If it’s using 1 GB on your device, that’s due to your activity within the app, not its runtime size. The runtime component is the bulk of that 150 MB.
The way these apps spy on you is much more different than you realize. Usually it's not done on a hardware/software level; rather information is sent to a server for processing and storage.
Lol, yea. I read the title and giggled because OP is correct, but for absolutely the most incorrect reason possible lmao
Sloppy code? When most apps are in the tens of megs... Why is commie all 900megs?
The dude before me explained it pretty well... The ACTUAL file size is roughly 150 megs. The inflated size due to your activity within the app, or that the app pulls from the internet. It very likely pre-loads content for you so videos "load faster"
So I have never used the ticktock app and it is 900MB. Every other app is 50MB or smaller.
That is quite the discrepancy...
For reference, get Outlook, the email application... It stores emails locally offline so you can see emails offline... This makes the outlook app, a simple emailing app, about 3 gigabytes for me, because I work a lot and receive 100s of emails a day. Same concept at work.
They're both spying on me, but neither due to their file size... I can make a calculator that requires access to your call logs, contacts, emails, etc... Stores it, and sells it to data collection companies, And it'd be like 50 megs... You don't need a lot of code to spy on someone.