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Re:How web bloat impacts users with slow devices by kjkjadksj on Sunday March 17, 2024 @12:56PM (#39735852)
Static html sites are so easy. You can write one by hand in five minutes and it can run on a toaster. There’s more business value in ads and dark patterns.
Re:How web bloat impacts users with slow devices by BehindBlueEyes on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:36AM (#39745988)
Nothing prevents adding adds, trackers and dark patterns in a static website, I would assume most of it is served by 3rd party servers that handle the dynamic widgets. Isn’t that easy to insert in an otherwise the static site?

To be clear, not saying this is a good thing, just don’t see what prevents avoiding much of the bloat on top of that which supposedly adds “business value”.