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minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoI guess I do one or two a day on average, say 500 a year. At 5 seconds each, thats about 42 mins a year. I’m a fairly heavy user too. Recaptcha has been round for what, 15-20 years? So that’s like 15 hours total at a rough guess…
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoI’ve also left it open before as I imagine other folks do, click into something then get sidetracked by life.
I guess I do one or two a day on average, say 500 a year. At 5 seconds each, thats about 42 mins a year. I’m a fairly heavy user too. Recaptcha has been round for what, 15-20 years? So that’s like 15 hours total at a rough guess…
I’ve also left it open before as I imagine other folks do, click into something then get sidetracked by life.