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I had no idea CNN had a "lite" mode.

• sbierwagen 5y ago
  Many news sites from the dial up era have legacy low bandwidth modes. There's a text-only npr.org, for instance. https://text.npr.org/ https://text.npr.org/
  • dublinben 5y ago
    These sites aren't a legacy of the dial up era. They were relatively recently introduced (circa 2017) to more efficiently deliver vital information during natural disasters. They're a reaction to the bloated nature of their primary homepages. https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2017/text-only-news-sites-are-slowly-making-a-comeback-heres-why/ https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2017/text-only-news-sites...
    • mardifoufs 5y ago
      Wow. I've just used text.npr.org and I've realized that I forgot just how fast a website can be. Even on a current gen S21+ Ultra I've had the habit of "zoning" out for the few moments that I'm expecting a news website to load for. Thanks for the link!
  • Nition 5y ago
    Similarly if a Reddit link on mobile ever harasses you to get the app or whatever, just change the www to i. i.reddit.com is the low-bandwidth mobile site.