Google refresh limit

If you are American (or are interested in politics), you were likely glued to the TV or your phone last night. Maybe you still are, I don’t know. I’m speaking of course about the 2024 presidential election. Every 4 years, we have the most important election of our lives.

Politics are weird and very difficult to make satirical content for. Having any sort of opinion will make someone, somewhere mad. However, I wanted to make something to acknowledge the election because 1) it’s a historic event and 2) I felt there had to be some common ground across the political aisles.

Regardless of your politics, you’re likely eager to get election results. As a kid, I remember having the TV on and seeing results come up in real-time. With the agency, Stompers, and trying to enjoy a Tuesday after a long day of work, I thought about how many times I refreshed the same browser on my phone and computer.

This got me thinking… what if there was a feature that limited how often you could refresh a tab? This would likely be a net-positive for people’s mental and emotional wellbeing, but as someone who wants to see up-to-date information on the election, it would be infuriating.

For companies, this would likely result in some savings in terms of server costs, but the experience would be awful. I don’t see this ever getting shipped unless they want to make a lot of people very mad, or if they wanted to paywall faster refreshing.

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