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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://cosocial.ca/users/rndeon/statuses/116239779001838034">rndeon (rndeon@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 02:40:56 JST</a><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@rndeon" title="rndeon@cosocial.ca"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/205397-48-20240908214439.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="rndeon" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">rndeon</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>Reading <a href="https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit" rel="nofollow">https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit</a> ( HT <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic">@pluralistic</a> ) and I'm astounded.<br>I had heard of web ad auctions. <br>I had heard of edge computing. <br>I did not realize they were pushing their ad auction calculations onto your device!<br>Knowing this, I think ad blockers are too polite a response. Are there any browser plugins that send them something like a decompression bomb? Or maybe that interferes in the ranking so the cheapest bid is returned as the winner? My device is the one deciding, after all!</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6241489#notice-12300007">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-03-17T02:40:56+09:00" title="Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 02:40:56 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@rndeon/116239779001838034" rel="external" title="Sent from cosocial.ca via ActivityPub">cosocial.ca</a></span></span><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@rndeon/116239779001838034">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: thatshubham.com</div><h5><a href="https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit">The 49MB Web Page</a></h5><div> from <span>https://thatshubham.com</span></div></header><div>A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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rndeon (rndeon@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 02:40:56 JSTrndeon
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Reading https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit ( HT @pluralistic ) and I'm astounded.
I had heard of web ad auctions.
I had heard of edge computing.
I did not realize they were pushing their ad auction calculations onto your device!
Knowing this, I think ad blockers are too polite a response. Are there any browser plugins that send them something like a decompression bomb? Or maybe that interferes in the ranking so the cheapest bid is returned as the winner? My device is the one deciding, after all!
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