I think modern kids will never fully comprehend pain until they've tried to surf the Internet on a 14.4 or 56k modem. Hardware speed can be relative (Windows 11 seems to relish in slowing your shit down), but you can't fake a slow Internet connection. Even first gen DSL was sub 1mb.
And we were happy to have it, damn it.
An argument could be made that the slower speed of those days had intangible benefits like not dramatically destroying people's attention spans. To work with computers, took long-term commitment and research.
I whole heartedly agree. You don't appreciate a file you download unless you had to wait an hour+ in a torrent program for it to finish, only to find it corrupt, a virus, or a mislabeled file.
Exactly. And you learned really quickly because of those painful lessons how to spot fakes from a 100 miles away.
Or “complete this poll to get the archive’s password”.
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