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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by apexalpha on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:40AM (#47087287)
I won't but a decent % of people do ye.

In fact a decent % of people stops shopping on your site if there's a few ms lag.

At every step a few percent of revenue is lost your competitor takes in.

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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by throwaway063_1 on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:10AM (#47088960)
> In fact a decent % of people stops shopping on your site if there's a few ms lag.

While it's still true, I have read that the accepted lag today is higher than 10-15 years ago, because they have lower expectations due to a general decline in page load speed. (React pages with spinners/placeholders, newsletter popups, higher page weights etc.)

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