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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by bananaface on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:22AM (#24058440)
Slack has a budget of multiple millions, RipCord has a budget of zero, and one programmer who works on it in his spare time. Which is faster?

Polishing RipCord so it looked indistinguishable from the Slack client wouldn't be that expensive. I would argue its much more "they don't know how" than "they are making a business decision not to."

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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @08:25AM (#24060026)
That should only remind you that people care about a lot more than just performance.
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by bananaface on Thursday August 06, 2020 @07:13AM (#24069910)
Why would I assume this particular failure is a choice?
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