Reading https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit ( HT @pluralistic ) and I'm astounded.
I had heard of web ad auctions.
I had heard of edge computing.
I did not realize they were pushing their ad auction calculations onto your device!
Knowing this, I think ad blockers are too polite a response. Are there any browser plugins that send them something like a decompression bomb? Or maybe that interferes in the ranking so the cheapest bid is returned as the winner? My device is the one deciding, after all!
The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

@rndeon @pluralistic Now I wonder if anyone has ever assessed the emissions savings from script- and ad-blocking
@HodgesC
Brave shows you how much time it save loading (and I think also executing) ads, that’d be a solid base for estimation, I guess.
@rndeon @pluralistic