It used to be much worse before Sliding Sync was in widespread use... often just logging in would be next to impossible for me depending on the exact client I u

It used to be much worse before Sliding Sync was in widespread use... often just logging in would be next to impossible for me depending on the exact client I used and how much old state there was to fast-forward to... many minutes would go by stuck at "logging in..." as it downloaded gigabytes of god-knows-what.