For the end user there is no positive effect. Many websites were better in 2005 and had greater uptime.
They were also better organized. Ebay and Amazon were leaner and more pleasant to use.
They were also better organized. Ebay and Amazon were leaner and more pleasant to use.
Citation needed. There were a lot less sites, maintenance windows in the hours weren't uncommon, there was no security to speak of (SQL injections, no SSL/TLS, etc.), and sites could do maybe 1% of what today's sites can (not saying that all of it is good or necessary, bit i quite like a non-insignificant amount of those new features like native video, audio, graphics, dynamism, etc.).
When was the last time you saw a weekly "Our website is down for maintenance for the next 2 days" message, other than for some government website still running COBOL on a mainframe? When was the last time you saw 500 errors? Used to be a daily thing.
Source? Sounds bullshit