GDPR Version of USA Today Is 500KB Instead of 5.2MB

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Post by _bxg1 » Sat, May 26, 2018, 1:50 PM UTC

GDPR Version of USA Today Is 500KB Instead of 5.2MB
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Post by ocdtrekkie » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

I'm honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.

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Post by matwood » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #2

I'm honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.

But how will all the startups who need to sell your data stay in business? /s

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Post by saalweachter » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:11 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #2

I'm honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.

It kind of makes me want to throw away the Internet and start over from scratch.

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Post by AlexeyBrin » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:12 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #2

I'm honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.

It is cheaper to block the ads and tracking scripts.

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Post by wlll » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

The day I added an ad blocker (Adblock Plus, Ghostery and uBlock origin) was the day my CPU fans stopped spinning almost constantly, my battery life improved, web pages loaded faster and were more responsive.

My experience of the web is about a thousand times better than it used to be.

I will remove all these when the ad companies and websites start to behave themselves, which will be never.

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Post by simon_acca » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

For all that cannot access both versions, keep in mind that the EU one is a vastly simpler UI, it almost looks like just a blog archive, while the US one is a more feature full typical newspaper homepage. Not saying that either one is better, just that it's not an apple to apple comparison.

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Post by sigmonsays » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

i have often thought at what point do you start rendering web pages remotely and simply send back the (ie 'png') image to the client. A single png image of a entire web page is definitely under 5.2MB.

Personally, I can't wait for a shift in business practices. Ads have ruined my confidence in privacy. Most sites share your data with over a dozen different ad tracking vendors. I've seen twice that for a specific class of site, ie thechive.com.

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Post by mromanuk » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

Would be really cool to have a list of before and after (size drop), due to GDPR in popular websites.

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Post by DougBTX » Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

simon_acca wrote: post #7

For all that cannot access both versions, keep in mind that the EU one is a vastly simpler UI, it almost looks like just a blog archive, while the US one is a more feature full typical newspaper homepage. Not saying that either one is better, just that it's not an apple to apple comparison.

> not an apple to apple comparison.

Hm, what if you’re a reader looking for journalistic text articles, is the same content available on both?