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|    Aaron Thomas to Ron L.    |
|    Re: Big Tech Political Coveru    |
|    10 Aug 25 08:17:44    |
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A49   
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    RL> AT> performance, but at what cost? 2) My GPU is 17 years old and outdated   
    RL> AT> and the new Chromium engine (used by Chrome and Edge) doesn't cater t   
    RL> AT> such old GPUs.   
    RL>    
    RL> Then drop the Chromium engine.   
      
   I have yet to learn how to write Java apps. Maybe that's the best workaround   
   for the the "graphics acceleration" issue. ("If this website looks like crap,   
   just download the app.")   
      
    RL> AT> But they literally broke web browsing for people who use old computer   
    RL> AT> and I don't believe that it's justified;   
    RL>    
    RL> As a software developer, I know what a pain it is to support "old"   
    RL> hardware while trying to make for a better experience for customers who   
    RL> use new hardware (and expect a better experience). So I can understand   
    RL> that.   
      
   A better experience sounds good, but the elite are full of it. Speed just   
   isn't an issue anymore, and they're using it as an excuse to achieve financial   
   goals (it was probably planned at the WEF.)   
      
    RL> AT> I try to adapt my web apps to work well on all devices but the browse   
    RL> AT> developers can care less about that and they're even throwing   
    RL> AT> curveballs to it.   
    RL>    
    RL> At this point, any web developer who writes a web site that only works   
    RL> on a subset of browsers isn't a web developer. He's a nepotism or DEI   
    RL> hire.   
      
   That's another possible explanation for the graphics acceleration thing; if   
   they're not doing it to sell more hardware, they're doing it to make things   
   easier for their monkeys.   
      
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