Remember how we laughed at the TV screen 75% devoted to ad space in the pre-cumentary movie #Idiocracy? Well, check out this article “The 49MB Web Page” by @pheonix at https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit, and also comments on it by @gruber at https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/your_frustration_is_the_product. Who’s laughing now?
#web #webDesign, opposite of #SmallWeb
The current state of the web assumes that the reader is an adversary to be trapped and monetized. When a news website forces you through three dismissive actions just to read a headline, they are burning your cognitive budget before delivering any value. You are greeted by a cookie banner taking up the bottom 30% of your screen, a "Subscribe!" modal dead center, an autoplaying video pinned to the corner and a prompt begging to send you push notifications. I wrote about the state of news websites. Would love to hear your thoughts✨🙏 https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit #enshittification #darkpattern #web #technology #socialmedia #indieweb #ux #privacy
Mark Whybird