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The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back

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622 points ColinWright | 4 comments | 25 Jan 22 22:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.636s | source
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1vuio0pswjnm7 ◴[25 Jan 22 23:34 UTC] No.30079688[source]▶
"The Internet itself seems to many to have degenerated into a giant advertising tool. And, a high percentage of websites load as slowly as a sick turtle awaking from a long slumber."

Is there a connection between these two statements?

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1. ThalesX ◴[25 Jan 22 23:39 UTC] No.30079731[source]▶
Maybe he is alluding to the fact that adding megabytes of shit JavaScript to profile and serve ads is what is making the pages load so slow.
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2. moffkalast ◴[26 Jan 22 00:01 UTC] No.30079897[source]▶
Well he's not wrong.
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3. Jorengarenar ◴[26 Jan 22 00:27 UTC] No.30080109[source]▶
Although it's not the whole picture
4. pessimizer ◴[26 Jan 22 01:45 UTC] No.30080615[source]▶
The only thing we kept from the old internet was the page load times.