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A more interesting question would be why haven't users punished "slow" websites by not using them?

• TheMonarchist 5y ago
  I guess they are addicted in spite of the flaws.
• marcos100 5y ago
  Punish how? The problem is that there are no alternatives to those services.
  • fsflover 5y ago
    https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinpeertube.org/ https://joinpeertube.org/
    • wusspuss 5y ago
      If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. You can't vote twitter or youtube out of power. You can't code their wealth away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU632_Em3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU632_Em3g
    • marcos100 5y ago
      Mastodon an alternative to the technology, but not to the content. The power of those very large platforms are their content, not their tech.
  • jen20 5y ago
    By installing ad blockers and content filtering.
    • marcos100 5y ago
      Sadly, it's not enough to make those websites switch from a bloated spa to server-side.
      • jen20 5y ago
        Not sufficient perhaps, but it’s a start.
• muthdra 5y ago
  https://youtu.be/q3OCFfDStgM?t=1342 https://youtu.be/q3OCFfDStgM?t=1342 "We simply don't expect software to work anymore." - Jonathan Blow
• wusspuss 5y ago
  Because network effect. Because alternative services not only don't have the vast user bases to begin with, they also don't have the capital to spend on marketing. When they do, it's pretty obvious they aren't benevolent.
• amatecha 5y ago
  I do[0], but I am probably the exception. I don't know many people who care as much as I do. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30097248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30097248