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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by thomastjeffery on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:24PM (#23243000)
Sure, you can argue it wasn't that long ago, but that totally ignores the rest of the point:

> And, you could read on those computers just fine.

The problem is not that the New York Times website is using too much memory for the average system. The problem is that it is using several orders of magnitude more memory to run ad-related JS in the background than it needs for the user-desired functionalitty.

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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by vntok on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:48AM (#23244368)
Isn't the user-desired functionality that the New York Times make enough money to continue investigating and publishing news? Ads are simply a means to an end.
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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by thomastjeffery on Saturday May 23, 2020 @01:31AM (#23280188)
No. The user doesn't desire journalism to be dependent on ad revenue.

It isn't the user's responsibility to provide a better solution. Not having a solution doesn't make the problem disappear.

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