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Re:Test your product on a crappy laptop by nine_k on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:55PM (#29611158)
The technical worker who codes up the web site and its backend does have a say, but not a lot of it. Product and sales people have a stronger say, because they optimize for the money the web site produces.

Explaining them how much worse the bloat makes the site's experience for the user, showing how many pages are left partially loaded because the user did not have the patience and navigated away, how the competitor's site loads faster, may help convince them to keep the experience reasonably slim.

Re:Test your product on a crappy laptop by bitwize on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:26AM (#29611610)
This.

Asking for web sites that don't have 27 trackers, enormous hero images, a full copy of framework of the week, etc. is like asking for native games under Linux: the money isn't there to justify the added hassle and support costs.

Re:Test your product on a crappy laptop by arnaudsm on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:49AM (#29611712)
The whole point of the article is that poor optimisation make you loose a big part of your audience. The money is there, you just don't notice it.