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Along with these complaints, I wish there was a greater sense of urgency among publishers to reduce page bloat. Some news sites require megabytes of javascript,

Along with these complaints, I wish there was a greater sense of urgency among publishers to reduce page bloat. Some news sites require megabytes of javascript, video, and god-knows-what to display a couple kilobytes of text. It's crazy out there.

OedipusRex 9y ago
And they load so slowly that you start to read and then the text shift and now you've lost where you were.
- abeyer 9y ago
  The only advantage there is when you can read the whole article before their javascript paywall or anti-adblock script actually loads.
  - paulddraper 9y ago
    Hm...better web experience with dial up
    - seandougall 9y ago
      You know it's bad when one of the threads in your race condition is a human's fingers.
  - rdiddly 9y ago
    "We noticed you're using an ad blocker..."
    - dredmorbius 9y ago
      WashPo...
      - rdiddly 9y ago
        "Why yes, thank you website -- I actually installed it hoping to get into a discussion with you about it. I'm wondering is it wrong for me to use it? Please advise!"
wmf 9y ago
And if you act today, we'll throw in a little lightning bolt icon! Oh wait, is AMP good today or evil?
- twobyfour 9y ago
  Evil every day. It breaks tabbed browsing and pins one of those stupid bars to your screen.
- jerf 9y ago
  "Oh wait, is AMP good today or evil?" Oft evil will shall evil mar.