alt Hacker NewsYes, that is the problem with modern things. Claming to be new and modern but things that used to be instant is getting slower and slower. There was a time when things were still getting faster and faster. I had the privilege to try a normal fixt-line phone a month ago. I had totally forgotten how fast they call and connect after using a modern smartphone for years.
I remember the time when I started with phones. A connection took 10-20 seconds before you heard the tone after dialing the number. And then the AXE (or whatever they vere called) switchboards came. The connection time dropped to just a second or less. Now the connection time depends a lot on how fast your smartphone is. Mine takes several seconds even though it's just a couple of years old.
Yes, we've all become so emotionally invested in the idea of the inevitability of technological progress that we've blinded ourselves to the fact that much of what we experience is a technological regression buried under layers of gleaming chrome. Just because something takes a lot more effort to achieve doesn't inherently mean that it represents progress.