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> Because it's just a js script, it's not much different than a banner ad except it's less intrusive Tell that to your electricity provider
by crispyporkbites 8y ago
> Because it's just a js script, it's not much different than a banner ad except it's less intrusive
Tell that to your electricity provider
- wopian 8y agoOr to your laptop/mobile battery lives...
- irundebian 8y agoI wonder if it makes sense to implement resource controls for websites so that users can define how many CPU cycles are allowed at the maximum which give web developers incentives to write less resource-hungry web apps.
- superkuh 8y agoThe same thing can be said about JS ad analytics scripts and ads. Or sites that turn the entire webpage into a JS 'web app' when it'd work fine as HTML with static images and text.
- viraptor 8y agoNot the same thing. JS increases the usage a bit. Badly broken JS may use a lot of CPU - but the author still has the incentive to fix it. But mining is a completely different category - it's designed to peg your CPU at 100%, because that's what's profitable.
- the_why_of_y 8y agoAnd what's worse, for every dollar you spend on electricity for CPU-mining, you (or, in this case, someone else) receive 5 cents worth of cryptocurrency.