Perhaps surprising: I agree with @slightlylate that the discussion we're having about web performance isn't helping us move forward as a community.
I think what we could really use from browsers (and especially Chrome, which has a fire in its belly about this stuff), is how different characteristics affect different scenarios.
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I also think that assuming that every app is a content app targeting emerging markets is so far from the lived experience of many developers that this entire conversation goes over their heads.
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Protip: these concerns are relevant, but at different magnitudes, in all markets. But only focusing on the markets with the most constraints makes many people think "why does this matter to me" and moralizing doesn't cause people to pay attention.
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I can't tell you how many people have asked me "why is Ember focusing on performance? Performance has never been an issue for me or my customers?" It's important that those of us who care about performance learn how to talk to all users in terms that resonate.
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