[KMnO4]

> Also size is irrelevant these days, you can download a 150 mb file in 2 seconds.

Definitely not the case for the majority of the world. Sure, it’s probably true for most HN readers, but many countries still rely on 3G infrastructure — or worse: satellite.

I remember spending over a week downloading Ubuntu 18, which also consumed ~10% of my monthly data cap for that single ISO. And before you make any assumptions, this was rural Ontario, Canada in 2019.

[WA9ACE]

Yes, it's incredibly frustrating to hear people assume everyone has high speed home connections. I operate entirely off cellular. 150 MB is not chump change and it certainly does not download in 2 seconds. If it's not a problem that affects the developer shipping the software it's not a problem that gets noticed or cared about, unless it ends up on a PM's radar or sentry.

[fouric]

Every time you hear someone making false assumptions about internet connections, don't forget to mention Dan Luu's excellent page on this! https://danluu.com/web-bloat/

[WA9ACE]

Thank you for linking me to this this, it's a wonderful write up that I had not seen before!