Small app size is one of the KPIs that I track for the app I develop.
Obviously there are user benefits to smaller apps, but as a developer I feel that the app size is a proxy for app complexity and dependencies. The smaller the app, the less third party dependencies and the less maintenance required to keep it up to date and running on the latest OS releases.
As a comparison, the biggest competitor to my app AdGuard is a 450MB download on the Mac versus a less than 10MB download for my app (Magic Lasso Adblock).
Do most users notice? Not sure but overtime I've actually made my app size smaller simply by replacing unnecessary third party libraries with in-built, simpler functionality and it's become a more pleasant app to maintain.
Obviously there are user benefits to smaller apps, but as a developer I feel that the app size is a proxy for app complexity and dependencies. The smaller the app, the less third party dependencies and the less maintenance required to keep it up to date and running on the latest OS releases.
As a comparison, the biggest competitor to my app AdGuard is a 450MB download on the Mac versus a less than 10MB download for my app (Magic Lasso Adblock).
Do most users notice? Not sure but overtime I've actually made my app size smaller simply by replacing unnecessary third party libraries with in-built, simpler functionality and it's become a more pleasant app to maintain.