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Over two-thirds of that is ad-related code. The HTML, CSS, and basic Javascript needed to run the site appears to be on the order of < 250KiB. Images obviously
by stouset 9y ago
Over two-thirds of that is ad-related code. The HTML, CSS, and basic Javascript needed to run the site appears to be on the order of < 250KiB. Images obviously bump that number higher.
You are not arguing against abstraction. You're arguing against the user-hostile influence of advertising on delivery of content on the web.
- Veedrac 9y agoAnd you think adblockers have a legitimate reason for their codebase to be 3x the size of DOOM? If all this abstraction from the low level C code of DOOM to the high level Javascript-on-the-browser bought us anything, you'd think the abstract one that is solving an easier problem would take less code, not more.
- Veedrac 9y agos/adblockers/adverts and trackers