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07-13-2017, 08:40 AM
Buffering icons of death, ranked
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In a world without net neutrality, we'll likely be seeing a lot more an**ying loading animations around the web.*
These buffering icons are what you see when an app or video is loading, before you actually view it. And without net neutrality, internet service providers can make some sites load even more slowly (the horror) if their owners don't pay up. That means more buffering hell.
SEE ALSO: How you can fight to save net neutrality on the Day of Action and beyond (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/net-neutrality-day-of-action-how-to-help/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
If you have good, stable, and fast internet connections, you hardly see these — but many internet users around the world are **t so lucky, and soon, you could be among them. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/buffering-icons-ranked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Netflix (http://mashable.com/category/netflix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Snapchat (http://mashable.com/category/snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Imgur (http://mashable.com/category/imgur/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-2fYPMQmi8Q
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In a world without net neutrality, we'll likely be seeing a lot more an**ying loading animations around the web.*
These buffering icons are what you see when an app or video is loading, before you actually view it. And without net neutrality, internet service providers can make some sites load even more slowly (the horror) if their owners don't pay up. That means more buffering hell.
SEE ALSO: How you can fight to save net neutrality on the Day of Action and beyond (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/net-neutrality-day-of-action-how-to-help/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
If you have good, stable, and fast internet connections, you hardly see these — but many internet users around the world are **t so lucky, and soon, you could be among them. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/buffering-icons-ranked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Netflix (http://mashable.com/category/netflix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Snapchat (http://mashable.com/category/snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Imgur (http://mashable.com/category/imgur/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-2fYPMQmi8Q