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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
For context, this is traced on my latest[1] P75 network and device spec recommendations (9Mbps up/down, 170ms RTT) from a DC in the same state; much more generous than last year's guidance[2].
Yes, a key issue is that they *don't even gzip* much of the 25MB JS payload[3].
But that's not the story; no, a critical public service has been broken by a JS-industrial-complex that takes fuck-all responsibility.
[1]: https://infrequently.org/2024/01/performance-inequality-gap-2024/
[2]: https://infrequently.org/2022/12/performance-baseline-2023/
[3]: https://www.webpagetest.org/breakdown.php?test=240708_BiDcF9_9KA&run=2&end=visual