Re:Ask HN: Why does the modern web hate users?
by mindslight on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:57AM
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My web browsing VM host is a Thinkpad X230 with an i7-3520M and it runs browsers just fine. It only slows down when I have too many loaded tabs in firefox, and that is mainly the firefox process itself (other VMs are unaffected).
I'm sure if I upgraded CPU, things would become a bit quicker and I would perceive the older performance as slow, similar to every computer upgrade from 1990-2010. But it's really not as dire as you're making it out to be.
Also the javascript heavy web is for the most part an entertainment medium. I'm loading a link to Twitter (one of the most pointlessly heavy sites) and it takes several seconds, I'm already wasting time and so wasting slightly more isn't a big deal. If I wanted to optimize that path, I'd just not click the link to Twitter in the first place. Or if I needed to use Twitter professionally, I'd install a responsibly-developed third party client.
(Having said that the M1 is interesting for its low power consumption)
I'm sure if I upgraded CPU, things would become a bit quicker and I would perceive the older performance as slow, similar to every computer upgrade from 1990-2010. But it's really not as dire as you're making it out to be.
Also the javascript heavy web is for the most part an entertainment medium. I'm loading a link to Twitter (one of the most pointlessly heavy sites) and it takes several seconds, I'm already wasting time and so wasting slightly more isn't a big deal. If I wanted to optimize that path, I'd just not click the link to Twitter in the first place. Or if I needed to use Twitter professionally, I'd install a responsibly-developed third party client.
(Having said that the M1 is interesting for its low power consumption)