At this point, if you browse the internet without an adblock; it is on YOU.
Victim blaming.
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
#292Earlier 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.
Fair enough, let's use dvd rips as a metric instead. They tend to begin at 700MB. So by reading this article on PC gamer you've now downloaded the equivalent of a full-length movie worth of low quality code and ads.
700MB, that's a CD. ~70 minutes of music, uncompressed.
A DVD (single layer) holds about 4.7GB of data.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#293Typical example of a fraudster
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#294Earlier 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.
I have a 8gb plan and don't go out of my way to connect to wifi everywhere I go. 3 is almost a third of that, but I don't spend it all every month.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#295At this point, if you browse the internet without an adblock; it is on YOU.
Except the same sites also attempt (with varying levels of effort and success) to punish users for it. None of them have an official stance of "if you want to control your bandwidth that's fine."
So when it comes to this bloat, publishers bear both fault and the responsibility to fix the problem. The viewer bears neither.
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#296And this is why I pi-hole (although I am thinking of changing to technitium)
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#297The title buried the lede. > In the five minutes since I started writing this post the website has downloaded almost half a gigabyte of new ads. I’m guessing this is due to autoplaying videos. *500 MB* in 5 minutes. 37 MB is petite compared to that.
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.
This also partially explains why my phone sometimes gets hot and uses a double digit of battery randomly when using the browser if it’s streaming video in multiple divs
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#298Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder how much money is wasted just transmitting ads over the internet. Like I get websites are getting paid for displaying them but imagine how much cheaper things would be if ads weren't jacking up demands for bandwidth.
Money wasted by the user on a data contract is a gain for the carrier.
That’s a low bar. Like crypto mining for the power company or throwing extra food out at the end of the day is revenue for the trash pickup company!
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#299And this is why I pi-hole (although I am thinking of changing to technitium)
After working in ad tech for a few years I am fully loaded up on ad blockers
Re: PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair enough, let's use dvd rips as a metric instead. They tend to begin at 700MB. So by reading this article on PC gamer you've now downloaded the equivalent of a full-length movie worth of low quality code and ads.
700MB, that's a CD. ~70 minutes of music, uncompressed. A DVD (single layer) holds about 4.7GB of data.
You can easily get compressed episodes of a TV show that are 250MB, so it's like watching a TV series at the rate of 2 episodes every 5 minutes. Obviously better quality is in the range 500MB-1.5GB for a 45-minute episode, so even being generous it's 20 minutes of compressed TV or 70 minutes of uncompressed music every 5 minutes.
Just for ads on a website.