X still significantly slows down platforms Musk considers competitors

X makes users wait about two and a half seconds to access links to Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky , and Substack .

Most sites load within 30 to 40 milliseconds; X's sites take more than 60 times longer.

X is too small to qualify for gatekeeper status, but Max von Thun of the Open Markets Institute thinks regulators should launch antitrust investigations into the slowdown.