this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh I forgot about “fast loading.” I remember that being a thing, when people would talk about how small and optimized the html/javascript was.

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I still remember waiting several minutes for web pages to load.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 3 points 4 days ago

When I was a kid trying to play flash games on dial-up internet, I found they took almost exactly the same amount of time to load as it took for me to make and eat a sandwich. I ate a lot of sandwiches.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 days ago

I feel like it still does sometimes, with some sites that feel like they are nearly a whole OS in themselves.

[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh my, my this here Anakin guy

[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Maybe Vader someday but now he’s just a small fry

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago

Ah oof thought it sounded funny

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I also was always a big fan of

https://youtu.be/Ij4w7ChpuaM

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Very old, but gold

[–] join@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That reads like a description of the chatgpt start page. Just a prompt to start a conversation with a (mostly) helpful tool. But the moment they obtain absolute market dominance…

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think it gets mentioned enough that their absolute market domination of streaming videos is worse than their search engine.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They are the worse, period

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago