Why does installing a game/program sometimes take several hours, but uninstalling usually take no more than a few minutes?

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Why does installing a game/program sometimes take several hours, but uninstalling usually take no more than a few minutes?

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ELI3 : it is way easier to destroy something that has been written than to write it. When writing say an essay…it takes a lot of time and effort to do it right, right ? but it can only take secondes to delete the save or shred the paper.