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I think this might be less of an issue for HN browsing American nerds (who likely have great Internet connections) and more of an issue for people in developing
by httpsterio 3y ago
I think this might be less of an issue for HN browsing American nerds (who likely have great Internet connections) and more of an issue for people in developing countries or with poor network infrastructure.
- theelous3 3y agoI mean, you can stream netflix in rural Cambodia and not worry about data limits so I'm not so sure. Of course someone will be able to name somewhere this is a concern, but then you should be running browser extensions to manage media loading.
- anon_cow1111 3y agoActually it's the reverse of the above nowadays, many third world countries have cheaper, faster internet than much of the US.
- bbor 3y agoI love the cynicism, but if we’re looking at Median speed, us is still among the best - 11th for broadband, 26th for mobile. Punching below its weight class, for sure, but not exactly worse than developing countries. The only exceptions are Thailand, Hungary, and Romania IMO - props to them!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_Internet_connection_speeds?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_In...
- theelous3 3y agoI'd just like to politely point out that Hungary is absolutely miles away from being a developing country, as is Romania, and these days Thailand doesn't even count either for the most part.
- bbor 3y agoVery fair! I guess I’d consider them somewhat “third world”, though obviously only in the “not western Europe, the commonwealth, the US, or east Asia”. Which isn’t exactly a great metric but it’s what a lot of Americans mean by that term lol
- theelous3 3y agoI mean, a brunch in Budapest will set you back more than Berlin, the coffee is the same price as London etc. It's not like, ex eastern bloc in the 90s. Some travel to update your view on the world is in order my friend.
- flkenosad 3y agoThe only places without great infrastructure in 2023 are those being bombed.
- alkonaut 3y agoI might sound like an entitled westerner but I don't think I'd even open a web browser and just click around on the internet if I had a capped or billed internet connection. At least not with auto-downloading content like images and video enabled.
- kredd 3y agoI keep hearing this argument, and still not sure which countries people are referring to. Maybe rural areas of US/Canada or other large countries? Just curious about the real affected number of people.