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> why not throw a CDN in front of your site [...] Because this is how the open web dies - one website at a time. It's already near-dead on the client side - we
by rollcat 2y ago
> why not throw a CDN in front of your site [...]
Because this is how the open web dies - one website at a time. It's already near-dead on the client side - web browsers are not really "user" agents, but agents of oligopolist corporations, that have a stake in abusing you[1].
It's been attempted before with WAP[2], then AMP. But effectively, we're almost there.
[1]: https://www.5snb.club/posts/2023/do-not-stab/ https://www.5snb.club/posts/2023/do-not-stab/
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42479172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42479172