One Google exec recently said the web is “thriving.”

For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already in rapid decline” (with regard to advertising, kinda-sorta)

  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I tried TOR earlier this year, and the 3 minute pageloads that timeout 3/4 of the time, were very off putting.
    I hope we can do better

      • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Nah, I had a 14400 bauds modem and even then it was never this slow
        I went to the dread forum and maybe got 4 page loads in 15 minutes
        simply unusable unless you really really need it and already know exactly what you need, where it is, and how to click as few links as possible to get there. And even then, reading single threads is an hours long task.

        • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Modem starts dialing up. Everything is going fine, attempting 28.8k negotiation… failed. Okay, now I’m listening to 19.2k negotiation… failed again? Ugh, ok, 14.4k… no? Jesus fuck. Please let me at least have 9600…

          Edit: typoes