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Warning: this page loads a 7.86 MB picture of the robot.
by srgpqt 3y ago
Warning: this page loads a 7.86 MB picture of the robot.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoIf you're short of bandwidth or limited by a quota, uBlock Origin can be toggled easily between allowing or blocking all images. It's what I use to make my 750MiB per month GSM/4G connection last.
- lordofgibbons 3y agoCurious if it replace it with an empty block that takes up the same space so the layout doesn't change?
- gorhill 3y agoThere is an option to block media elements larger than a set size[1]. When a media element is blocked through this setting, the element is replaced with a click-to-load widget, so the layout shouldn't change with this option. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-large-media-elements https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...
- srgpqt 3y agoYeah that’s not going to work on most mobile devices.
- northwest65 3y agoWhy not?
- brutal_chaos_ 3y agoFirefox on Android with uBlock Origin does indeed work. And, if I'm not mistaken, aren't most devices Androids? Edit to Add: TBF, most users may not have the technical know-how to use it in this way.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThis year the market share of the Apple iPhone line exceeded 50% in the UK, and in the USA last year. So, sadly, parent is kind of right :(
- ramraj07 3y agoWhat part of the internet do you use nowadays if 8 MB scares you?