Sure, but it seems like problems that will go away in a not so distant future
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Yeah I do remember folks saying that before smartphones became a thing
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But the limitation back then were network speed and low end phones. Surly you can concede that there have been massive improvements wrt both.
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At the top-end, yes absolutely. The middle and bottom? Not so much.https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/1139684093602349056 …
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True, but the bottom changes so quickly now
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That’s the thing. The data doesn’t really support your statement at all. The bottom end is currently stuck with performance equivalent to the flagship phones from 2012/2013. And the rate of development slowwww.
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I am not saying it will change tomorrow, but give it 5 years
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Maybe. But 5 years is a lot of time that websites _today_ do need to care about these limitations imo.
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Yeah I agree. I have actually built large ssr sites and seen the positive impact. I am not trolling, just somewhat convinced that this will eventually be analogous to the memory story:-)
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The memory story is also not what you seem to presume it is. We're spending many engineer-years, in 2020, too optimise for situations where Chrome may only have 100-300MiB to run in.
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As with desktop, the low end is defined by replacement. The P90 device was sold 4+ years ago. It has 512-1GB of memory and 2-4 A53 cores in the 1.1-1.4Ghz range. Memory constrains what those users can do more than anything else.
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Laptops with 4GB of ram were fairly standard at mainstream places like BestBuy back back in 2008-2010... Where is the proof that the computer you are pointing to here is dominating the desktop space?
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