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How many people would know what caused it, though? Maybe they spent a while on a few different websites, but only one was a resource hog...
by indentit 7y ago
How many people would know what caused it, though? Maybe they spent a while on a few different websites, but only one was a resource hog...
- saagarjha 7y agoHoping the user doesn't notice that you've been using their resources has always seemed like an awful gamble to me: both in the sense that you're deceiving your users by pinning the blame on other websites/their browser/their computer in the their mind, and also in the sense that you're just making it more likely that someday users will have access to this information.
- asdff 7y agoIt's pretty noticeable which websites hog resources if you use your laptop or phone regularly. People are well aware that streaming and social media apps sinks battery like a boulder compared to looking at a wikipedia article. My macbook is dead in 5 hours or 1 hour depending on if I'm on reddit/hn or content heavy websites. Fans kick into gear when netflix starts streaming and the laptop becomes untouchable. Back when I used messenger on my phone I used to watch my battery percent tick down by the minute.