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Ad Code 'Slows Down' Browsing Speeds

posted by chromas on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the free-content-is-paid-for-by-wasting-your-life-on-loading-times dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

Ads are responsible for making webpages slow to a crawl, suggests analysis of the most popular one million websites.

The research by developer Patrick Hulce looked at which chunks of code take longest to load.

About 60% of the total loading time of a page was caused by scripts that place adverts or analyse what users do, he found.

Not news for most Soylentils, but in case anyone needs to cite the performance hit (to convince PHBs)...

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by coolgopher on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:13AM (4 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:13AM (#801942)

    It's on the users for not crying to the high heavens about the bloated shit the web has become if you try to use it without ad- & script blockers.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:30AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:30AM (#801950) Journal

    Maybe they just buy a new system whenever things seem to get slower (or they clog it with worse stuff like BonziBuddy viruses)?

    I have a 7.5 year old laptop. If I upgraded to 2019 or 2020 hardware it might load those ads like a champ. For a while.

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:35AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:35AM (#801952) Journal

      Oh, BonziBuddy brings back memories, lol.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @08:40AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @08:40AM (#801981)

    What will they do if Chrome and Firefox block adblocker plugins?