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submitted 6 months ago by 0x0@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

This is a screenshot from an NPR article discussing the rising use of ad blockers. The page is 12 megabytes in size in a stock web browser. The same article with basic ad blocking turned on is 1 megabyte.

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[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is a very good suggestion. And if you do not want to do this, you could always use something like Control-D, just by switching your router's DNS to it. https://controld.com/free-dns

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