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The Internet was better 15+ years ago.

submitted by Trope to AskUpgoat 3 monthsMar 10, 2025 20:32:11 ago (+53/-1)     (AskUpgoat)

It’s not just me, right? The internet kicked ass in the 90s and 2000s. It was an experience to dial in. Cannot speak for the BBSs of the 80s as I came after Eternal September.


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But the architecture could be such that streaming video would be so clunky and choppy that it would be unusable.

It could forego GPU acceleration. A utilitarian device just needs a basic chip where software rendering is adequate. It is not the in the interest of welfare to supply multimedia entertainment.