> Users get by with it.

They would not if they had choice.

And they don't. Web development practices are largely driven by what developers want, not what users want. Which is why Google started doing things like measuring Core Web Vitals and having it affect SEO rankings, to force developers to care.

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whatevaa 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Most non-technical users have no idea what they want. They will happily request a feature to implement an email client in your database.

	▲	afavour 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fine, "what would best serve users", then.