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How likely is it that these apps will be built? 100%. One of those is Crystal, by Dean Murphy. His pitches: ... Pages render more than 3.9x faster on aver
by WalterGR 11y ago
How likely is it that these apps will be built? 100%. One of those is
Crystal, by Dean Murphy. His pitches: ... Pages render more than 3.9x
faster on average.
How is that measured?
Do ads delay the rendering of the important, non-ad content by nearly 4x? Or does that content render before ads, and the ads take a long time to render?
Put another way: am I going to see the content I care about 3.9x faster?
- eridius 11y agoGiven that ads on mobile typically block you from seeing the content until you've clicked through the ad, then I think it's safe to say that removing the ad lets you see the content faster.
- WalterGR 11y agoGiven that ads on mobile typically block you from seeing the content until you've clicked through the ad In my experience, ads on mobile that don't block you from seeing content are more common than those that do. I wonder if anyone has any hard data on this.
- threeseed 11y agoThere is a benchmark of various web blockers and the testing methodology: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/10-ad-blocking-extensions-tested-for-best-performance/view-all/ https://www.raymond.cc/blog/10-ad-blocking-extensions-tested... It's not just about rendering time. There is implications for battery life which on phones is obviously pretty important.
- tdicola 11y agoDan Kaminsky has a great presentation from the latest Defcon a few weeks ago about how ads and other junk on the web eat up a ton of CPU cycles and slow down page rendering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wx2TnaRSGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wx2TnaRSGs