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Starfield End of the Year Update (bethesda.net)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/games
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[–] b3an 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I always assumed it was a way for them to prevent fully loading all the content until it’s actively being pulled. Perhaps it saves on some bandwidth?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can see why you might think that, but that's not how it works. All of the text is downloaded up front, but is hidden initially. It is made to appear as you scroll, but it does not get the text via additional web requests. If you view the page source, or inspect element you can see it all there.

[–] b3an 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huh. TIL. So what’s the real reason then? Design choice? Then 🤮

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Someone, somewhere thought it looked cool and marketing people have been copying it ever since to make their site "pop".