Here is an example of what I'm talking about: https://www.heavensgate.com/
This is a website from a cult that committed suicide in the 1990s. This is irrelevant to the thread.
When you click on their links, they are very snappy, why is that exactly?
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The pressures under capitalism are not to make sites that are efficient and usable, but to make sites that keep users on them and generate revenue.
As the power of the average consumer's computing device has risen, the demands of the content have risen in tandem. So as connections and processors got faster, we went from banner GIF ads to Flash ads tovideo ads and also invisible trackers that log all your clicks and mouseovers and even how much time you spend looking at something before scrolling.
Many prominent sites deliberately add a couple extra seconds of "loading" animation or visuals even when all the data is already loaded, just to try to convince the user that the site is experiencing the burden of processing.