They went from a load time of more than 45 seconds to 3 seconds, from 124 (!) JavaScript files to 0, and from a total of more than 500 requests to 34.
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To the people saying they've had the same fast experience for years because they use ad blockers like uBlock Origin: With uBlock enabled, the performance score improves from 3 to 11/100. 37 JS files are still loaded and loading time is 21sec. The main JS file alone is 399KB.pic.twitter.com/k1jbuEI3Ue
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The Verge shows a tracking-consent message when visiting the site from the EU. Most people will click "I Accept" to make it go away, but if you don't and hide the message via CSS, you won't be tracked and the site is way faster: 32 vs 5 secs load time 61 vs 2 JS files 2 vs 1 MBpic.twitter.com/Wd3ZFj9pNu
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RESOLVED -> WORKING AS INTENDED
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There should be a plugin that brings the GDPR compliant version of any website without routing the network to another location.
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Cool idea.
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How long will that last though? How will USA Today be funded by users in GDPR regions? Do they hit a paywall? They are running a business and can’t run it without funding.
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The good news for any content driven website is that people are perfectly willing to accept sponsored articles (a.k.a. Ads) as long as it says that's what it is.
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