How did Internet Explorer become a victim of joke for being slow?

We all use to have a good laugh at the memes like this trolling the Internet Explorer being slower than other contemporary browsers. ...

Viewing Contents Written in Regional languages like Punjabi,Hindi,Bangla,Kannada in Opera Mini

Most of the Older Cell Phones like Nokia S60 3rd edition and 5th Edition or even some older version of android too do not support India...