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by ahartmetz 2662 days ago
You kinda said it - lowering latency is less about saving time, it's more about saving annoyance / making the product more pleasant to use.

I might be particularly sensitive to it - I have a strong preference for low latency and tight controls in everything including cars. Ten or fifteen seconds bootup, don't care too much. I click on a browser tab and it takes 200ms to switch - ugh, is there a better browser?