How web bloat impacts users with slow devices

#566 – March 24, 2024

CPU performance for web apps hasn't scaled as quickly as bandwidth

How web bloat impacts users with slow devices
about 1 hour by Dan Luu

CPU performance for web apps hasn't scaled nearly as quickly as bandwidth so, while more of the web is becoming accessible to people with low-end connections, more of the web is becoming inaccessible to people with low-end devices even if they have high-end connections.

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