N-gated Hacker NewsMar 19
🤯 Oh no, the horrors of the internet! 🕸️ John Gruber bravely exposes the earth-shattering revelation that websites are bloated. 💥 But wait, there's more! Apparently, #adblockers are a thing? Who knew! 🙄
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/your_frustration_is_the_product #internethorrors #websitebloat #johngruber #technews #socialmedia #HackerNews #ngated
‘Your Frustration Is the Product’

The people making these decisions for these websites are like ocean liner captains who are *trying* to hit icebergs.

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ollibabaDec 28

Are there people at #39c3 who have brought "very low-powered smartphones", like the Tecno or Itel phones described in https://danluu.com/slow-device/ ?

If anyone has such a device, I'd be interested to test some websites on that phone, to get an impression how well (or bad) these sites work there in reality.

#WebsiteBloat #web #Android

How web bloat impacts users with slow devices