Of course things are going to feel slow with a majority of sites having a 3mb theme with 16mb worth of images, 13 tracking codes, 3 advertising blocks, an autoload video on the page, and 16 social sharing buttons that load externally. Combine that with a beyond terrible infrastructure and you're just asking for things to feel slow.
Point made. Webmasters think that because the internet is faster they can add more shit to their sites and get away with it. Sadly, people notice this and look for much faster alternatives.
Of course things are going to feel slow with a majority of sites having a 3mb theme with 16mb worth of images, 13 tracking codes, 3 advertising blocks, an autoload video on the page, and 16 social sharing buttons that load externally. Combine that with a beyond terrible infrastructure and you're just asking for things to feel slow.
Point made. Webmasters think that because the internet is faster they can add more shit to their sites and get away with it. Sadly, people notice this and look for much faster alternatives.
It's funny that such an article is on Wired.com which has everything you just described.