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A lot of sites pull in popular js libraries from google; the idea being that they'll already be in a user's cache and even if they're not, google has a better (
by rphlx 9y ago
A lot of sites pull in popular js libraries from google; the idea being that they'll already be in a user's cache and even if they're not, google has a better (cheaper, faster and/or lower latency) CDN than the site author.
- yorby 9y agoit's an advertising company's dream to be able to load code on most computers browsing the web....
- rphlx 9y agoIn their defense I believe they do tend to host that stuff on domains that do not set or retrieve the regular google tracking cookies. Though there are other tracking methods that they might still be using.
- 908087 9y agoMost of this can be worked around by installing Decentraleyes, which replaces common CDN-loaded resources with local copies.
- geokon 9y agoI'd like something so I can use the web from China (without a VPN) . Right now a lot of the common JS/fonts/etc from Google break - and webpages go wonky. Is there a way to preload a cache?
- yorby 9y agoThat sounds great, installing... It should be part of Firefox at this point, because it is getting ridiculous.