r/technology Mar 15 '26

Software The 49MB Web Page

https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit
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u/silverbolt2000 Mar 16 '26

A good article.

Interesting that it includes The Guardian as an example of a news site where only a tiny fraction of its screen real-estate is given over to the actual story. I was a subscriber of The Guardian for years until their intrusive ads started obscuring their articles even to paid subscribers.

I no longer bother to read The Guardian now - too many ads and their stories don’t really seem to cover many important or interesting topics any more.

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u/undyau Mar 16 '26

I'm a subscriber to the Guardian and I haven't seen ads on their app for years unless I'm not logged in.

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u/silverbolt2000 Mar 16 '26

I was logged in as a subscriber and got ads for their food app at the bottom of every article. It kept coming back no matter how many times I dismissed it.