If someone built the same featureset as AOL had, I bet it would be faster today. I remember massive annoying delays, computers freezing and crashing, not to sa

If someone built the same featureset as AOL had, I bet it would be faster today. I remember massive annoying delays, computers freezing and crashing, not to say anything about download speeds. I think our memories of the past are rosy, plus they are not making a direct comparison. IRC chat programs are pretty snappy when they have feature parity; Slack is bloated because it does a whole lot more than AOL Chat. Whether you like the features or want to pay for them with the decreased performance, that's a different issue that I have no opinion on.