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Ben Calder

TBH I think the same is true in many fields of computing. My PC ten years ago was perfectly capable of rendering all the web content I accessed; but now mobile devices with equivalent (if not better) specs struggle with some websites. It used to be that you had to optimise your code as much as possible to ensure good performance; but now the priority seems to be churning stuff out quickly - adding lots of unnecessary bells and whistles (and plenty of tracking code) - in order to catch the current wave of popularity and make a fast buck.

Linux seems to be one of the exceptions; and I'm very grateful for that :)