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Re:Crazy New Ideas by nearbuy on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:32PM (#27065723)
> I’ll admit, my initial reaction to Mighty was “I can’t imagine it ever being faster than my behemoth PC.”

I haven't found Chrome slow on my mid-range PC (i5-7500). Or my phone (Pixel 3).

I feel like I must be in some parallel universe to everyone else talking about how slow Chrome is.

Just now, I loaded the first 6 links on Hacker News. 1 didn't load at all due to a server error. The other 5 all loaded in under a second (measured by DOMContentLoaded). I have uBlock Origin enabled (only in Firefox on the phone). Maybe that helps.

I can have 100+ tabs open without slow down if I want to. The bigger problem is I'm less productive with 100 tabs open because... there are 100 tabs open. It's just too cluttered.

I'm willing to admit Mighty might be a good product if people have this problem with slow browsers. I just never found this was an issue. Maybe it's a problem on low-end machines, but how many people have a low-end computer but are willing to pay $50/month for Mighty?

Re:Crazy New Ideas by chubot on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:15PM (#27066332)
Do you use AdBlock? That makes a huge difference.

I just set up a new computer and I was wondering why Chrome and Firefox was so slow. Then I remembered I hadn't set up AdBlock yet.

I wonder if Mighty has ad blocking? It's an interesting question of which will be better for their business -- blocking or no blocking. (I won't try it because of the obvious privacy problems, because I use a fast computer, and avoid slow web sites. But it probably has an audience.)

Re:Crazy New Ideas by nearbuy on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:29PM (#27066519)
I use uBlock Origin for ad blocking. Maybe ad blockers are the secret.