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this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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Because you're primarily looking at image posts...
Older people, 30-40s grew up when bandwidth was a limiter, we're used to having to decide if an image is worth the bandwidth.
We just grew up with vastly different internets.
You all could just load a bunch of stuff and ignore what you didn't want. We're stuck in the mindset that bandwidth matters, so a bunch of stupid memes we aren't interested taking up bandwidth and screen real estate just feels off.
It feels less like it's being "offered" and more like it's being shoved down our throats.
Bandwidth is going to be the new "turn off the lights when you leave" for the Oregon Trail generation. In our heads we still need to be cognizant of how much we're using, even tho subsequent generations never seem to think about it. They've just never had to.
Happens to every generation in some way or another.
I am 38 years old, I remember perfectly when downloading a single song could easily take a week, porn was exclusively photos because online videos were unimaginable and streaming hadn't even been invented yet. I don't understand why you're still worried about that right now, photos, videos, games, movies, everything moves online in a matter of seconds, downloading at +10Mb/s on emule is today normal. I have gotten used to it normally.
Anytime someone is generalizing a group like a generation...
It's usually understood that exceptions exist.
Ok, I might be the exception, but as I said before, Instagram has its main user base among people of my generation. I don't think those users care about bandwidth at any level.