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Because anyone who complains is given this treatment. We don't complain to everybody we just bounce.

If you're offering a service that is so uncompelling or so undifferentiated that the page load speed is a driving factor, than you should certainly focus on page load speed.

On the other hand, Gmail regularly takes 10s+ to load and yet most users are glued to it.

If you're a SaaS business, your marketing page is probably not your app. The people using your app care about usability, and page load speed is rarely the driving factor. Especially with SPAs.

I hear you saying that if my service is compelling enough, people will tolerate the horrendous page loads.

That is absolutely correct. Ask yourself: Will my customers be happier with additional features X, Y, and Z, or a faster page load?

Better yet, ask your actual customers.

hahaha, brilliant

Maybe the initial load is 10+s, but clicking into and out of emails is fast, and that is what matters. If that took 10s it would be unusable.

> We don't complain to everybody

Except on forum's. We complain there :P

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