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tommek4077 | karma 592 | avg karma 2.45 · 2022-12-05 05:01:24

And german customers will just endure the added latency? Seems more like opening the company to new markets.

frenchman99 | karma 1405 | avg karma 7.55 · 2022-12-05 05:09:17

If data centers have to temporarily shut down due electricity shortage, people won't have a choice but endure the latency.

formerly_proven | karma 13110 | avg karma 3.44 · 2022-12-05 05:10:39

~100 ms isn't that bad. Doubt it matters at all for most web apps. I've even played FPS games on US East servers a lot to escape eurotoxicity.

tommek4077 | karma 592 | avg karma 2.45 · 2022-12-05 06:04:15

Yeah, with your standard web-app making 50+ calls to fetch JSON from your backend. This will play out nicely.

riku_iki | karma 1987 | avg karma 0.77 · 2022-12-05 15:31:29

most calls run in parallel likely?..

tommek4077 | karma 592 | avg karma 2.45 · 2022-12-05 16:14:17

Try for yourself. Sounds good in theory...