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Daring FireballHalf a Gigabyte of Ads
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/22/half-a-gigabyte-of-ads
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/22/half-a-gigabyte-of-ads
Efften@daringfireball I typically don’t even try to browse the web anymore because, even if I have the strength to try to fight the ads, nine times out of ten the page I’m trying to read just completely reloads and dumps me at the top. So I have to fight through it all again just to find where I was, with a very good chance it will happen again in a few seconds.
shac ron ₪@daringfireball This is a good idea. I wish there was a browser that was serious about making the web good for users.
Paul McGrane@daringfireball It is astonishing isn't it. I often try to avoid sites that abuse me in this way, even with a fancy new computer. But Sometimes I need to visit “fandom” (aka wikia) and suffer even when I do have a way to click and turn off the shit.
Mike Johnson@daringfireball sadly this has gotten better than back in the day when Facebook lied about video ad performance. It was not uncommon to see a ton of network used even to just queue up the next video
Matthew Cave ⚾@daringfireball People who tell me (and there are fewer and fewer of them, but they still exist) who tell me that by blocking ads I am stealing content can get bent.
Chris Silverman 🌻@ender3 Yep, I'm a strong believer in the idea of a "contract of decency" as applied to products—that is, an equilibrium of respect between the producer and the consumer. Put concisely: you get what you give.
Dumping half a gigabyte of trash on your users is an act of spitting contempt that disqualifies you from any expectations of courtesy. A business model reliant on that sort of behavior deserves to fail.
My stock response to the content-theft trolls is "Stop whining and clean up your act."
Delric
Fuzen@daringfireball anyone remember a time we tried to keep pages under 35? 35Kb, not Mb. I do. Anything close to 100 was willful disregard of the user.
Paul Shryock@fuzenco @daringfireball I keep my web pages at no more than 1400 bytes. They're lightning fast, and everything "just works."
Karlis@daringfireball that will then be another cookie conset that everyone accepts by default