I think I see the connection, but I think it jumped over one piece of my argument (if my statement could even be called that): In the burger example, removing sesame seeds is an act that makes the product objectively worse, just in a way that will hopefully not make it worse enough to affect demand.<p>I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s analogous to a developer taking advantage of modern consumer hardware to do the work computers <i>were designed to do</i>, because it&#x27;s not necessarily a worse product you&#x27;re delivering. If your internet connection is spotty, it&#x27;s likely a <i>better</i> experience in some ways. It just seems like people have these brilliant machines capable of executing all of this code (more or less) out of the box, but we&#x27;re treating them as thin clients because... why? Because some people won&#x27;t upgrade their OS&#x2F;browser? Because the method of delivery is the same one that&#x27;s used to inject banner ads and flashy video ad thingies? If that&#x27;s the case, then it seems like the whole &quot;server-side rendering&quot; option is getting to sound pretty good for advertising, too. Then where are we?