Better by Proxy

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Proxy browsers route requests through clouds (Chrome Data Saver, Opera Turbo, UC, Puffin) and transcode assets — images converted to WebP drop example pages from 5.4MB to 1.6MB — yielding claimed savings (Opera ~50%, Chrome ~50%, UC ~60%, some tests up to ~90%). Opera Mini reports 250 million users and 168 billion pages transcoded. Aggressive proxies render on servers so many events and APIs break: scroll and long-running timers fail (Opera Mini has a 5-second JS timeout), setInterval behavior differs, and single-column/1024px viewport quirks appear.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 24:27Potential Issue #1
3. 26:04Data Savings
4. 26:51Remote browsing
5. 34:34Rendering Engine
6. 45:59Progressive enhancement

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