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What are the advantages of portable apps?
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I like it when an app seems a little bit poorly made, I can just try it out and when it doesn't work I can simply delete it. Much better than installing it with some random shell script or handmade package file. You never know if installing won't fuck up something or uninstalling it leaves stuff behind or removes stuff is shouldn't.
There's a few apps I use once in a blue moon to convert some files, they all sit in one little folder not hurting anything till I need them. That folder is pretty old and has moved multiple systems, but they still work great for what they do.