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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by zikzak on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:13AM (#19430431)
It would be nice to have a media query like "@print" that a browser could prefer ("@accessible" or "@text"... Is this a thing?).

This runs counter to bring able to easily display ads, perform cro tests, collect analytics, etc.

I think offering full, text only, RSS feeds that a browser could check for first if in "text mode" is a better approach that would also use existing channels. If bandwidth was limited, check for /feed.xml, or something.

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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by reaperducer on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @01:08PM (#19432863)
On Safari you can set individual domains to always open in reader mode. That helps me eliminate most of the noise when I visit news sites that are out of control. (I’m looking at you, mercurynews.com)

Also, it helps to never ever visit a local TV station site. The ads on those things get approved by the same type of people who approve shouting local car ads on television.

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