It will be interesting to see the arms race once HTTP/2 becomes widespread. Then the server might have a better idea if you refused data it pushed, though to b

It will be interesting to see the arms race once HTTP/2 becomes widespread. Then the server might have a better idea if you refused data it pushed, though to be fair, I suppose things like that are already detectable somehow. Part of the problem is that it's hard to secure a reasonable flow of good content. I've watched the papers race to the bottom in attention-grabbing (but wildly wrong) clickbait for some time now and it's depressing, but the web is utterly painful to use, as I've found out on occasion when starting out with a new browser that doesn't have the right extensions installed. Some of the big download sites that used to be okay bundle crapware or else make a fake download button pop and the blend the real download button with the background so you don't even download what you thought you were getting.