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Discussion on: 13 ways the Internet is broken - #9 will shock you!

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Mahindra Shambharkar

Next in the list: Serviceworkers.
Sites which I visit only once in lifetime will still install serviceworker on device and keep consuming resources (bandwidth,memory).
This affects specially on cellphones (no wonder we have 12 GB of RAM) where resources are limited.
Frequently I need to clear site data on chrome for cellphone for smoothly rendering of web pages

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Renato Byrro

I agree that we developers have a long road ahead to start respecting other people's devices. We usually treat as if it was our device. We speak about "saving the planet", "respect", "tolerance", etc, and yet we fail to live by those standards on the most basic stuff we do on a daily basis...