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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 148 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

With dial up, it felt like it was working. It was trying its best.

Now it feels like it's bogged down with ads and tracking and bots.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 3 hours ago

Ads? What are they?

[–] poinck@lemmy.world 45 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

or billions of redirects. I am looking at you, SAP.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago

Dial up was offering you something you might not have ever seen before.

Not loading your page full of ads while you try to pay a utility bill.