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I'd be shocked if I learned they didn't steal this idea from Google. Not sure why downvoted. Google has had hobbled networks like this for a long time, for exactly the same reason.
Every software shop in the world should be designing and coding for low connectivity speeds.
Why? Edit: It seems to me that depending on the market one targets there's not much to be gained from designing for slow connection speeds...
Return visitors to your page/app/whatever?
Just because one is connected using Verizon, doesn't mean the connection speeds at any given time are all that great.
Is Facebook still planning to gate the internet in India behind Facebook, though? I recall they had plans to give folks in third world countries access to Facebook only, which is extremely sad.
They should also try using older/slower phones that are representative of those areas. I remember that I had an LG L7 which was barely usable at all even freshly reset.
[0]: https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/656582605173858305
I'd be shocked if I learned they didn't steal this idea from Google. Not sure why downvoted. Google has had hobbled networks like this for a long time, for exactly the same reason.
Is Facebook still planning to gate the internet in India behind Facebook, though? I recall they had plans to give folks in third world countries access to Facebook only, which is extremely sad.
Except they were going to offer that service for free, which IMO changes the picture.
Wonderful! - but it seems a tad late. :) Even the poorest parts of India should be about to move to 3G (or even 4G) within the next few years due to the more efficient usage of spectrum. Of course it would be insanely overloaded with lots of delayed packets...
So, what I'm hearing from you is it is not too late.