Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem...
by logn on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:48PM
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Stats on this article...
With uBlock turned on and JS blocked: 65 requests, 2,015 KB, 1.73 seconds
Without blocking: 391 requests, 7,354 KB, 54.57 seconds
In each case I can read the article. The latter case uses 3.5x bandwidth.
I hope news sites find that the reason their print ads fetch more money is because it's prestigious to have a newspaper ad. Web ads are junky. Sites should vet ads themselves or use a reputable firm and work with advertisers to place tasteful, inline, plain html ads.
With uBlock turned on and JS blocked: 65 requests, 2,015 KB, 1.73 seconds
Without blocking: 391 requests, 7,354 KB, 54.57 seconds
In each case I can read the article. The latter case uses 3.5x bandwidth.
I hope news sites find that the reason their print ads fetch more money is because it's prestigious to have a newspaper ad. Web ads are junky. Sites should vet ads themselves or use a reputable firm and work with advertisers to place tasteful, inline, plain html ads.