Danluu benchmarks numerous websites and discusses their impact on older and/or weaker hardware
    • herrvogel@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Ad blockers don’t protect you against dumbass frontend devs who serve 5mb png files to be stuffed into 600x400 boxes.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        You can set a limit in uBO settings to prevent loading of files/elements above x KB in size. You will just see a red dotted blank space for elements comically large, and they will load if you click them, if needed.

        Edit: here is what you need to change