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firefox rule (slrpnk.net)
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[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 days ago

One could also use w3m or links. All the RAM-hungry things (such as CSS3, JavaScript APIs and heavy multimedia files) will be finally gone for good.

*lynx (links are the things that tie the www together)

[-] cqst@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Minds are blown, thanks for the correction!

[-] ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

But all the ads will come back, so it's a wash

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Considering that the vast majority of the modern ads are videos or images, they won't show up in such text-browser environments. Also, they depend on JavaScript, which isn't available through such text-browser environments.

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