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Enable network throttling in your browser (to simulate the experience of people who can't afford fast internet) and see which becomes easier to read.
by xigoi 4y ago
Enable network throttling in your browser (to simulate the experience of people who can't afford fast internet) and see which becomes easier to read.
- agentdrtran 4y agoThis is true, but I also don't think anything but a tiny fraction of HN is on a slow connection.
- xigoi 4y agoAnd? Do people who can't afford a fast connection not deserve to read quality content?
- agentdrtran 4y agoI think the number of people who want to use twitter, refuse to install the twitter app for ideological reasons to save data, and also have a very slow internet connection is a small group of people, yes.
- xigoi 4y agoIt's more about people who don't want to use Twitter, but want to be able to read random posts linked from link aggregators and blogs.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoTried it on the slow 3g preset in chromium for the Cory doctorow tweet linked above with cashing disabled (as a first load would be). 20 seconds load time - though readable before that. But you don't want to do that on a metered connection.