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Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 171 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Browsing the internet without uBlockbOrigin is bad for your health.

[–] herrvogel 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ad blockers don't protect you against dumbass frontend devs who serve 5mb png files to be stuffed into 600x400 boxes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I especially hated wallpaper website that load full size pictures on previews grids

[–] mods_are_assholes 9 points 10 months ago

No but the good blockers give you the power to disable elements on a case by case basis.

Removing the background image for fandom wiki articles makes them load 3x faster.

[–] kalpol 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Raymond Hill is a hero of our times. Not even kidding.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

*googles the name*

Raymond Earl Hill was an American tenor saxophonist and singer, best known as a member of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in the 1950s.

Well, I mean we all have our own ideas about the world.

[–] kalpol 2 points 10 months ago

True, true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

mod_pagespeed does