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The VPN panic is only getting started
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The internet needs a reboot. It was never designed for security, privacy or Black Friday deals. It was for sharing information.
Also, with so many tools and sites that are getting behind paywalls, it’s going to be something only the wealthy can afford.
It already is. It's typical for mobile plans to be a fixed amount of high speed data, and once that runs out you're throttled to 128kbps. At that speed, many websites are not usable, forcing you to either pay for more high speed data or practically not have internet at all.
128kbps is more than 2x as fast as a 56k dial up modem, and while it's obviously not fast, back in the dial up days, the internet was still at least functional.
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/ while this is mainly about latency, 14kb web pages would solve problems for low bandwidth connections, too
As someone who just started to need reading glasses I don’t understand mobile dominated use. That and I have more control over my PC. My monitor is so large it curves and I like it that way.
Fiber. Win. Glad I bought my latest components before RAM prices shot up.
It's basically impossible to participate in society without a phone. Many people cannot afford both a phone and a computer, so the more necessary device is prioritized.