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This is all of course true. uBlock Origin tells me it blocked 29 requests (representing 41% of the requests made by the page). I turned off uBlock just for a la
by bartread 8y ago
This is all of course true. uBlock Origin tells me it blocked 29 requests (representing 41% of the requests made by the page). I turned off uBlock just for a laugh and the page still hasn't finished loading even though I've had time to write this whole paragraph.
One can only assume that when this article originally appeared on Salon back in February 2000 there were less ads on the site... or maybe the editorial team just had an acutely developed sense of - or an inhuman tolerance for - irony.
- derefr 8y ago> the page still hasn't finished loading Now, why do you expect a page with video ads to ever finish loading? Once it's played the video ads it loaded with, it just moves onto the next ones. By opening the page, you're actually tuning into an all-ads-all-the-time streaming television network!
- bartread 8y agoYou make a very good point: using an adblocker means I'm simply not used to this. It's interesting that this occurs only for video ads though: you'll note that sites like YouTube and Vimeo don't suffer with this. (Of course the video is still loading in the background, but the page is done.)