TheVerge launched a full RSS Feed for paid subscribers about a year ago and I've never so happily subscribed to something.
PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
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Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#112To use a good point of reference that I've seen others also start using lately, an installation of Windows 95 is roughly 40MB, so in loading that page you've downloaded approximately one Windows 95 installation. Then another 10+ times with the 500MB more that came after.
I don’t think comparisons to native compiled code for old low resolution computers are all that valid for multimedia websites. I can take a single photo with my iPhone that is larger than a Windows 95 installation depending on my output settings.
And that’s fine because that photo (probably) has some utility to you.
The 39.99MB of ads accompanying the 2KB of text you want to read possibly has less utility to you.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#113The person who wrote the article and the people in charge of the site are different.
Readers don't care. Customers don't care about the internal details of the company.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#114In Firefox + Unlock Origin: Downloads 5.6MB and then stops loading. Scrolling to the bottom of the page added 3MB of images and then stopped loading.
You mean Ublock, not Unlock, I assume?
You are correct. Sorry for the typo.
I think Firefox just rolled out some kind of autocomplete; I haven't compensated yet.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t think comparisons to native compiled code for old low resolution computers are all that valid for multimedia websites. I can take a single photo with my iPhone that is larger than a Windows 95 installation depending on my output settings.
And that’s fine because that photo (probably) has some utility to you. The 39.99MB of ads accompanying the 2KB of text you want to read possibly has less utility to you.
As you might be aware, you're not the one paying for it so your utility is not really on the table.
Also consider the utility of an ad blocker.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#116In Firefox + Unlock Origin: Downloads 5.6MB and then stops loading. Scrolling to the bottom of the page added 3MB of images and then stopped loading.
What is your screen resolution ? I have the same setup but got different results. Initial load, after closing cookie banner and another one, was about 500KiB (200KiB transferred). After scrolling to the bottom I got 1.7MiB/1.0MiB transferred. I guess you're using a retina-like display ? (I got there results with a 1080p screen)
> What is your screen resolution ?
1920 x 1080 @ 100%
> I guess you're using a retina-like display ?
I don't think so. It's a T14 Gen 2a.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
A difference between cable and streaming is that cable has DVRs that let you skip commercials if you want, while streaming tech introduced unskippable ads.
> cable has DVRs that let you skip commercials if you want The last time I had DirecTV several channels had managed to have unskippable ads in recordings. Paramount was egregious with this and was the first channel I saw with this "feature" enabled.
I've never seen that. That's terrible. The people who put up with streaming enshittification are ruining it for the rest of us by normalizing it.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've worked with a lot of people at the bottom end of society in the USA. They are given government provided phones they can use so they have access to Google Maps, email, job search apps etc. These phones come with 3GB of regular data per month. After that they drop down to 2G speed, but not in a way that will allow anything to actually load. Three days into the month these phones are just ewaste.
Our Comcast plan has a monthly data usage of 1.2TB. We rarely go over 600GB in any month but month we nearly hit the limit. I was looking through the router logs to see what was going on and it turned out that somehow one particular Instagram video my spouse was watching would consume huge amounts of bandwidth when the channel was live streaming!
crazy solution that might work for you: open an incognito browser and check for deals for new customers. "someone" I know was able to switch from a $50/1.2TB limited 300mbit plan to a $45/unlimited 1Gbit plan doing this.
if they have a better deal for new users: sign up for a new account under someone else in your household, and cancel your old account after you get your new account hardware setup and working.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Downloading 500 MB in 5 minutes in the background of a random article is really disrespectful to readers on low-end devices or metered data plans (and these two groups are often the same people!). What a waste of ressources.
I've worked with a lot of people at the bottom end of society in the USA. They are given government provided phones they can use so they have access to Google Maps, email, job search apps etc. These phones come with 3GB of regular data per month. After that they drop down to 2G speed, but not in a way that will allow anything to actually load. Three days into the month these phones are just ewaste.
Calling them ewaste is a little dramatic. While sites like this are a cancer, there is free WiFi in basically every town in America. You can get data for free, even if it’s slightly inconvenient.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#120we need some sort of a universal crowd-sourced site rating system. Things like user experience, scamminess, user-hostility, site ownership-affiliations,etc.. all opt-in by users of course, you setup the criteria that is important to you and the browser displays different ratings or blocks certain sites (like scammy/fraudulent ones) out right. The reputation providers would also be selectable like search engines. I'd…
I remember in the 2000's there was a site that did exactly this. I can't remember the name now though, maybe someone else will know what I'm talking about.