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Bad connections deserve more attention. Slower devices too, but at least they get some attention even if too many people ignore them. The amount of code that can’t handle brief transient network errors is crazy and I hardly see it discussed. You don’t have to be in the middle of nowhere, either. I’m in dense suburbs, with gigabit fiber and pretty fast 5G, and apps will still fall apart if I’m using them while I walk away from my house as the device tries to decide if the weakening WiFi signal justifies switching to cellular yet.


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