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by nilved 3967 days ago
A mobile network is basically sub-Saharan. 120 KB of JavaScript is far too much to download, decompress and evaluate on a phone.
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My Nexus4 has a faster internet connection and more RAM than my parent's laptop, and it's almost a 3 year old phone. Most (75%+) smartphone users in the UK have devices that can easily cope with a 120kb javascript library. Your rule is wrong for western countries.
As someone who frequently travels on the tube: The rule persists.
And many western users have a limited amount of data on their plans.