An Exercise Program for the Fat Web (blog.codinghorror.com)

submitted 7 months ago by 0x0@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is a screenshot from an NPR article discussing the rising use of ad blockers. The page is 12 megabytes in size in a stock web browser. The same article with basic ad blocking turned on is 1 megabyte.

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[-] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

I'd go with "firefox with uBlock Origin" + "pi hole or similar".

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I use pihole + local in browser on all my devices where I can.

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